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Page xvi
... Butler's method and verse have tempted some to imitate his style , but " such wretched imitations , " says Dr. Grey , " have augmented the fame of the original , and evidenced the chiefest ex- cellency in writing to be in Butler , which ...
... Butler's method and verse have tempted some to imitate his style , but " such wretched imitations , " says Dr. Grey , " have augmented the fame of the original , and evidenced the chiefest ex- cellency in writing to be in Butler , which ...
Page xvii
... Butler describes a state of society and manners which now no longer exist , and ridi- cules follies and absurdities which now are happily ex- ploded , that he ought to be regarded as an obsolete writer , unworthy of perusal . The truth ...
... Butler describes a state of society and manners which now no longer exist , and ridi- cules follies and absurdities which now are happily ex- ploded , that he ought to be regarded as an obsolete writer , unworthy of perusal . The truth ...
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A Poem Samuel Butler. dered him contemptible to his enemies abroad . James , at his very first meeting with Parliament , disgusted his new sub- jects . He made a long harangue , expatiating upon the hap- piness of the nation in his ...
A Poem Samuel Butler. dered him contemptible to his enemies abroad . James , at his very first meeting with Parliament , disgusted his new sub- jects . He made a long harangue , expatiating upon the hap- piness of the nation in his ...
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A Poem Samuel Butler. had neither blood nor merit fit to wear , nor estates to bear up their titles , but were fain to invent projects to pillage the peo- ple , and pick their pockets , for the maintenance of vice and lewdness . " But ...
A Poem Samuel Butler. had neither blood nor merit fit to wear , nor estates to bear up their titles , but were fain to invent projects to pillage the peo- ple , and pick their pockets , for the maintenance of vice and lewdness . " But ...
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A Poem Samuel Butler. ously for an appeal to arms . The nation was now divided be tween the King , and the remnant of the two Houses that re- mained at Westminster . The greater part of the old nobility and ancient families in the ...
A Poem Samuel Butler. ously for an appeal to arms . The nation was now divided be tween the King , and the remnant of the two Houses that re- mained at Westminster . The greater part of the old nobility and ancient families in the ...
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