Hudibras: A Poem, in Three Cantos, Volume 1, Issue 1Rickaby, 1793 - 317 pages |
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Page iv
... things are quoted from the same authority , which I believe to be false , I should very much suspect the truth of this ar- ticle . Some expreffions , in his works , look as if he were acquainted with the customs of Oxford . Courfing was ...
... things are quoted from the same authority , which I believe to be false , I should very much suspect the truth of this ar- ticle . Some expreffions , in his works , look as if he were acquainted with the customs of Oxford . Courfing was ...
Page v
... thing na- turally and briefly , than to enlarge and dilate : And therefore a judicious author's blots Are more ingenious than his first free thoughts . This , and many other paffages from Butler's MSS . are inferted , not so much for ...
... thing na- turally and briefly , than to enlarge and dilate : And therefore a judicious author's blots Are more ingenious than his first free thoughts . This , and many other paffages from Butler's MSS . are inferted , not so much for ...
Page xii
... thing in his time . “ The churchmen overlook all other people as haughtily as the churches and steeples do private houses . " The French do nothing without oftentation , and the king himself is not behind with his triumphal arches ...
... thing in his time . “ The churchmen overlook all other people as haughtily as the churches and steeples do private houses . " The French do nothing without oftentation , and the king himself is not behind with his triumphal arches ...
Page xiv
... things , " And little faith is due to courts and kings . " In the year 1721 , John Barber , an eminent printer , and alderman of London , erected a monument to our poet in Westminster Abbey , the infcription as follows : M. S. Samuelis ...
... things , " And little faith is due to courts and kings . " In the year 1721 , John Barber , an eminent printer , and alderman of London , erected a monument to our poet in Westminster Abbey , the infcription as follows : M. S. Samuelis ...
Page xx
... things in pompous language , and a magnificent manner , or sometimes levelling fublime and pompous paffages to the standard of low imagery . The principal actions of the poem are four : Hudibras's victory over Crowdero - Trulla's ...
... things in pompous language , and a magnificent manner , or sometimes levelling fublime and pompous paffages to the standard of low imagery . The principal actions of the poem are four : Hudibras's victory over Crowdero - Trulla's ...
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againſt agen arms b'ing baſe bear bear-baiting beard beaſt Becauſe beſt blows Butler CANTO caſe cauſe Cerdon church cloſe confcience courſe Crowdero dame defigned diſpatch diſpute durance elſe ev'ry faid faints falſe fame faſt fatire fhall fide fight firſt flain fome fometimes ftout fuch fwear fword himſelf honour horſe houſe itſelf juſt juſtice Knight laſt learned leaſt leſs loſe Magnano moſt muſt ne'er noiſe noſe numbers o'er oath Orfin perfons pleaſe poem poet pow'r profe publiſhed Quoth fhe Quoth Hudibras Quoth Ralpho racters raiſe Ralpho reaſon refolv'd repreſent reſt Samuel Butler ſay ſecond ſee ſeen ſenſe ſet ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome ſpeak ſpeed ſpirit Squire ſtand ſtars ſtate ſteed ſtill ſtocks ſtone ſtout ſtraight ſtrange ſwear Talgol thee themſelves theſe thoſe thou Trulla turn'd twas underſtood Unleſs us'd uſe valour verſe whofe Whoſe worſe worſt wound