Hudibras: A Poem, in Three Cantos, Volume 1, Issue 1Rickaby, 1793 - 317 pages |
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Page xi
... use so many words , upon all occafions , that if they did not cut them short in pronunciation , they would grow tedious , and insufferable . " They infinitely affect rhyme , though it becomes their language the worst in the world , and ...
... use so many words , upon all occafions , that if they did not cut them short in pronunciation , they would grow tedious , and insufferable . " They infinitely affect rhyme , though it becomes their language the worst in the world , and ...
Page xii
... use him as they have done his predeceffors : but he has rendered himself so strong , that they have no thoughts of attempting any thing in his time . “ The churchmen overlook all other people as haughtily as the churches and steeples do ...
... use him as they have done his predeceffors : but he has rendered himself so strong , that they have no thoughts of attempting any thing in his time . “ The churchmen overlook all other people as haughtily as the churches and steeples do ...
Page xvii
... use of law terms * is a fufficient proof that he was well versed in that science ; but if further evidence were wanting , I can produce a MS . purchased of some of our poet's relations , at the Hay , in Brecknockshire : it appears to be ...
... use of law terms * is a fufficient proof that he was well versed in that science ; but if further evidence were wanting , I can produce a MS . purchased of some of our poet's relations , at the Hay , in Brecknockshire : it appears to be ...
Page xxxvii
... use of books in his library , and his lordship wrote him the following obliging answer from Dover Street , August 7 , 1734. “ I am 66 very glad you was reduced to read over Hudibras three " times with care : I find you are perfectly of ...
... use of books in his library , and his lordship wrote him the following obliging answer from Dover Street , August 7 , 1734. “ I am 66 very glad you was reduced to read over Hudibras three " times with care : I find you are perfectly of ...
Page 36
... use to make the stars depose , Like knights o ' th ' post , and falsely charge Upon themselves what others forge ; As if they were consenting to All mischief in the world men do : Or , like the devil , did tempt and fway ' em To ...
... use to make the stars depose , Like knights o ' th ' post , and falsely charge Upon themselves what others forge ; As if they were consenting to All mischief in the world men do : Or , like the devil , did tempt and fway ' em To ...
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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