Hudibras, Written in the Time of the Late WarsCambridge University Press, 1905 - 335 pages |
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Page 3
... Arms and Equipage are shown ; His Horse's Vertues , and his own . Th ' Adventure of the Bear and Fiddle Is sung , but breaks off in the middle . W CANTO I. Hen civil fury first grew high , And men fell out they knew not why , When hard ...
... Arms and Equipage are shown ; His Horse's Vertues , and his own . Th ' Adventure of the Bear and Fiddle Is sung , but breaks off in the middle . W CANTO I. Hen civil fury first grew high , And men fell out they knew not why , When hard ...
Page 19
... Arms and Equipage did fit , As well as Virtues , Parts , and Wit . Their Valors too were of a Rate , And out they sally'd at the Gate . Few miles on horseback had they jogged , But fortune unto them turn'd dogged . For they a sad ...
... Arms and Equipage did fit , As well as Virtues , Parts , and Wit . Their Valors too were of a Rate , And out they sally'd at the Gate . Few miles on horseback had they jogged , But fortune unto them turn'd dogged . For they a sad ...
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... Arms , To keep men from inglorious harms ) That none presume to come so near As forty foot of stake of Bear ; If any yet be so fool - hardy , T'expose themselves to vain Jeopardy ; If they come wounded off and lame No honour's got by ...
... Arms , To keep men from inglorious harms ) That none presume to come so near As forty foot of stake of Bear ; If any yet be so fool - hardy , T'expose themselves to vain Jeopardy ; If they come wounded off and lame No honour's got by ...
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... painful pluck , He clear'd at length the rugged Tuck . Then shook himself , to see that Prowess In Scabbard of his Arms set loose And rais'd upon his desperate foot e ; On stirrup side he gaz'd about , Portending Bloud , 30 HUDIBRAS.
... painful pluck , He clear'd at length the rugged Tuck . Then shook himself , to see that Prowess In Scabbard of his Arms set loose And rais'd upon his desperate foot e ; On stirrup side he gaz'd about , Portending Bloud , 30 HUDIBRAS.
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... Arms aside , Their modesty , and ride a - stride ; To run a - Tilt at Men , and wield Their naked Tools in open field ; As stout Armida , bold Thalestris , And she that would have been the Mistriss Of Gundibert , but he had grace , And ...
... Arms aside , Their modesty , and ride a - stride ; To run a - Tilt at Men , and wield Their naked Tools in open field ; As stout Armida , bold Thalestris , And she that would have been the Mistriss Of Gundibert , but he had grace , And ...
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Hudibras; Written in the Time of the Late Wars Samuel Butler,Alfred Rayney Waller No preview available - 2019 |
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