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Page lxiv
... head , though in all public deeds the name of the commonwealth was still pre- served . The writers , attached to the memory of Cromwell , make his character , with regard to abilities , bear the air of the most extravagant panegyric ...
... head , though in all public deeds the name of the commonwealth was still pre- served . The writers , attached to the memory of Cromwell , make his character , with regard to abilities , bear the air of the most extravagant panegyric ...
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... head That's to be let unfurnished . He could raise scruples dark and nice , And after solve ' em in a trice : As if divinity had catch'd 165 The itch , on purpose to be scratch'd ; Or , like a mountebank , did wound And stab herself ...
... head That's to be let unfurnished . He could raise scruples dark and nice , And after solve ' em in a trice : As if divinity had catch'd 165 The itch , on purpose to be scratch'd ; Or , like a mountebank , did wound And stab herself ...
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... head , It would scrape trenchers , or chip bread ; Toast cheese or bacon , though it were To bait a mouse - trap , ' twould not care . ' Twould make clean shoes , and in the earth Set leeks and onions , and so forth . It had been ...
... head , It would scrape trenchers , or chip bread ; Toast cheese or bacon , though it were To bait a mouse - trap , ' twould not care . ' Twould make clean shoes , and in the earth Set leeks and onions , and so forth . It had been ...
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... heads . When some of the leading men of the party first went to court after they had adapted this fashion , the ... head . " Some of our modern tabernacle fanatics have gone nearly as far into this extravagance , as the old Puritans ...
... heads . When some of the leading men of the party first went to court after they had adapted this fashion , the ... head . " Some of our modern tabernacle fanatics have gone nearly as far into this extravagance , as the old Puritans ...
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... head , shoot them , kill them ; and pre- sently shot at random at the crowd of unarmed men , women , and children , shot an old women into the head , wounded grievously above forty more , whereof many were likely to die , frighted women ...
... head , shoot them , kill them ; and pre- sently shot at random at the crowd of unarmed men , women , and children , shot an old women into the head , wounded grievously above forty more , whereof many were likely to die , frighted women ...
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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.