Hudibras: A Poem in Three Cantos, Volume 1Rickaby, 1793 |
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... arms , 690 To keep men from inglorious harms , That none presume to come so near As forty foot of stake of bear ; If any yet be fo fool - hardy , T'expose themselves to vain jeopardy , If they come wounded off , and lame , No honour's ...
... arms , 690 To keep men from inglorious harms , That none presume to come so near As forty foot of stake of bear ; If any yet be fo fool - hardy , T'expose themselves to vain jeopardy , If they come wounded off , and lame , No honour's ...
Page 43
... arms , For in the hurry of a fray ' Tis hard to keep out of harm's way . Thither the Knight his course did steer , To keep the peace ' twixt dog and bear , As he believ'd he was bound to do In confcience , and commiffion too ; And ...
... arms , For in the hurry of a fray ' Tis hard to keep out of harm's way . Thither the Knight his course did steer , To keep the peace ' twixt dog and bear , As he believ'd he was bound to do In confcience , and commiffion too ; And ...
Page 64
... himself , to see what prowess In fcabbard of his arms fat loofe ; And , rais'd upon his desp'rate foot , On stirrup - fide he gaz'd about , 80 85 90 95 Portending blood , like blazing star , The beacon of 64 PART I. CANTO II .
... himself , to see what prowess In fcabbard of his arms fat loofe ; And , rais'd upon his desp'rate foot , On stirrup - fide he gaz'd about , 80 85 90 95 Portending blood , like blazing star , The beacon of 64 PART I. CANTO II .
Page 78
... arms he held ; But brafs was feeble to refift The fury of his armed fift ; Nor could the hardest iron hold out 335 340 Against his blows , but they would through ' t . In magic he was deeply read , As he that made the brazen head ...
... arms he held ; But brafs was feeble to refift The fury of his armed fift ; Nor could the hardest iron hold out 335 340 Against his blows , but they would through ' t . In magic he was deeply read , As he that made the brazen head ...
Page 81
... arms aside , Their modesty , and ride astride ; To run a - tilt at men , and wield Their naked tools in open field ; As stout Armida , bold Thalestris , And fhe that would have been the mistress Of Gundibert , but he had grace , And ...
... arms aside , Their modesty , and ride astride ; To run a - tilt at men , and wield Their naked tools in open field ; As stout Armida , bold Thalestris , And fhe that would have been the mistress Of Gundibert , but he had grace , And ...
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againſt agen almoſt arms b'ing baſe beaft bear bear-baiting beard beaſt Becauſe beſt blows Butler CANTO caſe cauſe Cerdon church cloſe confcience courſe Covent Garden Crowdero dame diſpatch diſpute dogs elſe ev'ry faid faints falſe fame faſt fatire fhall fide fight firſt flain fome fometimes ftout fuch fwear fword fynods himſelf honour horſe houſe itſelf juſt juſtice Knight laſt learned leaſt lefs leſs Magnano moſt muſt ne'er noſe numbers o'er oath Orfin perfons pleaſe poem poet pow'r publiſhed Quoth fhe Quoth Hudibras Quoth Ralpho racters raiſe reaſon refolv'd reſpect reſt ſaid Samuel Butler ſay ſecond ſee ſeen ſenſe ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome ſpeed ſpirit Squire ſtand ſtars ſtate ſteed ſtill ſtocks ſtone ſtout ſtraight ſtrange ſuch ſwear ſword Talgol thee themſelves theſe thoſe thou Trulla turn'd Twas underſtood Unleſs us'd uſe verſe Whoſe worſe worſhip worſt wound