The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 6Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... Magnano came , Magnano , great in martial fame ; Yet when with Orfin he wag'd fight , ' Tis fung he got but little by ' t : Yet he was fierce as foreft - boar , Whofe fpoils upon his back he wore , As thick as Ajax ' feven - fold shield ...
... Magnano came , Magnano , great in martial fame ; Yet when with Orfin he wag'd fight , ' Tis fung he got but little by ' t : Yet he was fierce as foreft - boar , Whofe fpoils upon his back he wore , As thick as Ajax ' feven - fold shield ...
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... , de- bauched by Magnano the tinker . So called , because the tinker's wife or mistress was commonly called his trull . See " The Coxcomb , " a Comedy . . A bold virago , ftout and tall , As joan HUDIBRAS , PART I. CANTO II . 61.
... , de- bauched by Magnano the tinker . So called , because the tinker's wife or mistress was commonly called his trull . See " The Coxcomb , " a Comedy . . A bold virago , ftout and tall , As joan HUDIBRAS , PART I. CANTO II . 61.
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... Magnano , who did envy That two should with fo many men vy , By subtle ftratagem of brain Perform'd what force could ne'er attain ; For he , by foul hap , having found Where thistles grew on barren ground , In hafte he drew his weapon ...
... Magnano , who did envy That two should with fo many men vy , By subtle ftratagem of brain Perform'd what force could ne'er attain ; For he , by foul hap , having found Where thistles grew on barren ground , In hafte he drew his weapon ...
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... Magnano was , And Talgol , foe to Hudibras ; Cerdon and Colon , warriors ftout , 245 And refolute , as ever fought ; Whom furious Orfin thus bespoke : Shall we ( quoth he ) thus bafely brook 250 The vile affront that paltry ass , And ...
... Magnano was , And Talgol , foe to Hudibras ; Cerdon and Colon , warriors ftout , 245 And refolute , as ever fought ; Whom furious Orfin thus bespoke : Shall we ( quoth he ) thus bafely brook 250 The vile affront that paltry ass , And ...
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... Magnano's brafs habergeon , Who ftraight , A furgeon cry'd , A furgeon He tumbled down , and , as he fell , Did Murther , Murther , Murther , yell . 540 This Ver . 523. ] He loos'd his whinyard . Thus it ftands in the first editions of ...
... Magnano's brafs habergeon , Who ftraight , A furgeon cry'd , A furgeon He tumbled down , and , as he fell , Did Murther , Murther , Murther , yell . 540 This Ver . 523. ] He loos'd his whinyard . Thus it ftands in the first editions of ...
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