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A Poem Samuel Butler. For rhetoric , he could not ope His mouth , but out there flew a trope ; And when he happen'd to break off I ' th ' middle of his speech , or cough , H ' had hard words , ready to shew why , And tell what rules he ...
A Poem Samuel Butler. For rhetoric , he could not ope His mouth , but out there flew a trope ; And when he happen'd to break off I ' th ' middle of his speech , or cough , H ' had hard words , ready to shew why , And tell what rules he ...
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A Poem Samuel Butler. Rather than fail , they will defy That which they love most tenderly ; Quarrel with minc'd pies , and disparage 225 Their best and dearest friend , plumb - porridge ; Fat pig and goose itself oppose , And blaspheme ...
A Poem Samuel Butler. Rather than fail , they will defy That which they love most tenderly ; Quarrel with minc'd pies , and disparage 225 Their best and dearest friend , plumb - porridge ; Fat pig and goose itself oppose , And blaspheme ...
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A Poem Samuel Butler. And fall , as it was consecrate , A sacrifice to fall of state ; Whose thread of life the fatal sisters 275 Did twist together with its whiskers , And twine so close , that time should never , In life or death ...
A Poem Samuel Butler. And fall , as it was consecrate , A sacrifice to fall of state ; Whose thread of life the fatal sisters 275 Did twist together with its whiskers , And twine so close , that time should never , In life or death ...
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A Poem Samuel Butler. He ne'er consider'd it , as loath To look a gift - horse in the mouth ; And very wisely would lay forth No more upon it than ' twas worth . But , as he got it freely , so 490 He spent it frank and freely too , For ...
A Poem Samuel Butler. He ne'er consider'd it , as loath To look a gift - horse in the mouth ; And very wisely would lay forth No more upon it than ' twas worth . But , as he got it freely , so 490 He spent it frank and freely too , For ...
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A Poem Samuel Butler. To dive like wild fowl for salvation , And fish to catch regeneration . This light inspires and plays upon The nose of saint , like bagpipe drone , And speaks through hollow empty soul , As through a trunk , or ...
A Poem Samuel Butler. To dive like wild fowl for salvation , And fish to catch regeneration . This light inspires and plays upon The nose of saint , like bagpipe drone , And speaks through hollow empty soul , As through a trunk , or ...
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