The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 6Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... Hudibras wore but one spur , As wifely knowing could he ftir To active trot one fide of ' s horse , The other would not hang an arfe , 455 A Squire A Squire he had whose name was Ralph , That HUDIBRA S , PART I. CANTO I. 21.
... Hudibras wore but one spur , As wifely knowing could he ftir To active trot one fide of ' s horse , The other would not hang an arfe , 455 A Squire A Squire he had whose name was Ralph , That HUDIBRA S , PART I. CANTO I. 21.
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... horse in the mouth , And very wifely would lay forth No more upon it than ' twas worth ; But , as he got it freely , fo 485 499 He spent it frank and freely too : For faints themselves will fometimes be , 495 . Of gifts that coft them ...
... horse in the mouth , And very wifely would lay forth No more upon it than ' twas worth ; But , as he got it freely , fo 485 499 He spent it frank and freely too : For faints themselves will fometimes be , 495 . Of gifts that coft them ...
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... horse , and just as much He mended pace upon the touch ; But from his empty stomach groan'd Juft as that hollow beast did found , 920 And angry answer'd from behind , With brandifh'd tail and blast of wind . So have I feen , with armed ...
... horse , and just as much He mended pace upon the touch ; But from his empty stomach groan'd Juft as that hollow beast did found , 920 And angry answer'd from behind , With brandifh'd tail and blast of wind . So have I feen , with armed ...
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... horse - tail scorn'd to owe For what on his own chin did grow . Chiron , the four - legg'd bard , had both A beard and tail of his own growth ; And yet by authors ' tis averr'd , He made ufe only of his beard . 125 130 In obferve in ...
... horse - tail scorn'd to owe For what on his own chin did grow . Chiron , the four - legg'd bard , had both A beard and tail of his own growth ; And yet by authors ' tis averr'd , He made ufe only of his beard . 125 130 In obferve in ...
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... horse that neigh'd ) . He , bravely vent'ring at a crown , By chance of war was beaten down , 140 And wounded fore : his leg then broke , Had got a deputy of oak ; For when a ship in fight is cropt , The knee with one of timber ' s ...
... horse that neigh'd ) . He , bravely vent'ring at a crown , By chance of war was beaten down , 140 And wounded fore : his leg then broke , Had got a deputy of oak ; For when a ship in fight is cropt , The knee with one of timber ' s ...
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Page 177 - Into his hands, or hang th' offender : But they maturely having weigh'd, They had no more but him o...
Page 8 - A Squire he had whose name was Ralph, That in th' adventure went his half, Though writers, for more stately tone, Do call him Ralpho, 'tis all one ; *» And when we can, with metre safe, We'll call him so ; if not, plain Ralph...
Page 3 - And fat black-puddings, proper food For warriors that delight in blood : For, as we said, he always chose To carry victual 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 288 - What makes rebelling against kings A good old cause?" "Administ'rings." " What makes all doctrines plain and clear? " "About two hundred pounds a-year." " And that which was proved true before, Prove false again?
Page 6 - The beast was sturdy, large, and tall, With mouth of meal, and eyes of wall ; I would say eye, for he' had but one, As most agree, though some say none.
Page 80 - AY me ! what perils do environ The man that meddles with cold iron ! What plaguy mischiefs and mishaps Do dog him still with after-claps...
Page 11 - Could tell what subtlest parrots mean, That speak and think contrary clean ; What member 'tis of whom they talk When they cry ' Rope, ' and