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Page xiii
... says , " There is one English poem , the title whereof is Hudibras ; it is Don Quixote , it is our Satyre Menissee blended toge ther . I never met with so much wit in one single book as in this ; which at the same time is the most ...
... says , " There is one English poem , the title whereof is Hudibras ; it is Don Quixote , it is our Satyre Menissee blended toge ther . I never met with so much wit in one single book as in this ; which at the same time is the most ...
Page xiv
... ( says he , Spectator , No. 249. ) had been set out with as much wit and humour in he- roic verse as he is in doggerel , he would have made a much more agreeable figure than he does ; though the generality of his readers are so much ...
... ( says he , Spectator , No. 249. ) had been set out with as much wit and humour in he- roic verse as he is in doggerel , he would have made a much more agreeable figure than he does ; though the generality of his readers are so much ...
Page xv
... says Dr. Grey , " that the shortness of verse , and quick returns of rhyme , have been some of the principal means of raising and per . petuating the fame which this poem has acquired ; for the turns of wit and satirical sayings being ...
... says Dr. Grey , " that the shortness of verse , and quick returns of rhyme , have been some of the principal means of raising and per . petuating the fame which this poem has acquired ; for the turns of wit and satirical sayings being ...
Page xix
... ( says Smollet , ) stuffed with pedantic conceits , culled and studied for the occasion ; and formed a natural picture of his own disposition and character , the strongest features of which were his sublime notion of the prerogative , his ...
... ( says Smollet , ) stuffed with pedantic conceits , culled and studied for the occasion ; and formed a natural picture of his own disposition and character , the strongest features of which were his sublime notion of the prerogative , his ...
Page xli
... says , " the Scots , on this occasion , were partly influ- enced by temporal interest , and partly by fanaticism . They began to fear that , should the King triumph over the two Houses , he would retract all the conces- sions which had ...
... says , " the Scots , on this occasion , were partly influ- enced by temporal interest , and partly by fanaticism . They began to fear that , should the King triumph over the two Houses , he would retract all the conces- sions which had ...
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Æneid alludes Anabaptists ancient arms army astrologers b'ing bear bear-baiting beard beast better blood blows body Butler called CANTO cause Cerdon Charles church Colonel common conscience court Cromwell death devil divine dogs Don Quixote ears Echard enemy ev'ry eyes fanatics fear fight following lines friends give Grey says hand hast head heaven honour horse House of Peers humour John Birkenhead justice King King's Knight lady learned lived Lord Magnano marriage means moon Napier's bones ne'er never o'er oath observes Oliver Cromwell opinion Paracelsus Parliament party person poem poet Pope Joan pow'r Presbyterian pretended prince prisoner Puritans Quoth Hudibras Ralpho religion ridicule rump saints Sidrophel Sir Roger l'Estrange soldiers spirit Squire swear sword tell thee thing thou thought took trepan turn'd us'd Whachum witches words wounds Zoroaster
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Page xlvi - And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye; why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?
Page 234 - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school: and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used, and, contrary to the king, his crown and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill.
Page 282 - But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks! It is the east, and Juliet is the sun ! — Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief, That thou her maid art far more fair than she...
Page 3 - twixt south and south-west side; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute. He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl, A calf an alderman, a goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees.
Page 100 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, — often the surfeit of our own behaviour, — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars...
Page 9 - Through they were lin'd with many a piece Of ammunition bread and cheese, And fat black-puddings, proper food For warriors that delight in blood : For, as we said, he always chose To carry vittle in his hose, That often tempted rats and mice The ammunition to surprise : And when he put a hand but in The one or t...
Page 303 - The Spirit, in sincerity, Which other men are tempted to, And at the devil's instance do ; And yet the actions be contrary, Just as the Saints and Wicked vary.
Page 159 - What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that which was prov'd true before, Prove false again? — Two hundred more.
Page 2 - And styled of war as well as peace. (So some rats of amphibious nature Are either for the land or water.) But here our authors make a doubt Whether he were more wise or stout.
Page 4 - Twas English cut on Greek and Latin, Like fustian heretofore on satin; It had an odd promiscuous tone, As if h' had talked three parts in one; Which made some think, when he did gabble, Th' had heard three labourers of Babel, Or Cerberus himself pronounce A leash of languages at once.