Hudibras, Written in the Time of the Late WarsCambridge University Press, 1905 - 335 pages |
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... Bodies flie ; Where Truth in Person does appear , Like words congeal'd in Northern Air . He knew what's what , and that's as high As Metaphysick Wit can fly , In School Divinity as able As he that hight Irrefragable ; Profound in all ...
... Bodies flie ; Where Truth in Person does appear , Like words congeal'd in Northern Air . He knew what's what , and that's as high As Metaphysick Wit can fly , In School Divinity as able As he that hight Irrefragable ; Profound in all ...
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... trusty , For want of fighting was grown rusty , And eat into it self , for lack Of some body to hew and hack . The peaceful Scabbard where it dwelt , The Rancor of its Edge had felt : For of the lower end two handful , It had 12 HUDIBRAS.
... trusty , For want of fighting was grown rusty , And eat into it self , for lack Of some body to hew and hack . The peaceful Scabbard where it dwelt , The Rancor of its Edge had felt : For of the lower end two handful , It had 12 HUDIBRAS.
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... Body nigher , That when their motions he had known , He might know how to fit his own . Mean while he stopp'd his willing Steed : To fit himself for Martial deed : Both kinds of mettle he prepar'd , Either to give blows or to ward ...
... Body nigher , That when their motions he had known , He might know how to fit his own . Mean while he stopp'd his willing Steed : To fit himself for Martial deed : Both kinds of mettle he prepar'd , Either to give blows or to ward ...
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... Bodies Ditches there . Scrimansky was his Cousin - german With whom he serv'd and fed on Vermin : And when these fail'd he'd suck his claws , And quarter himself upon his paws . And though his Country - men , the Huns , Did use to stew ...
... Bodies Ditches there . Scrimansky was his Cousin - german With whom he serv'd and fed on Vermin : And when these fail'd he'd suck his claws , And quarter himself upon his paws . And though his Country - men , the Huns , Did use to stew ...
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... Body , and that into one Blow . But Talgol wisely avoided it By cunning slight ; for had it hit , The Upper part of him the Blow Had slit , as sure as that below . Mean while th ' incomparable Colon , To aid his Friend began to fall on ...
... Body , and that into one Blow . But Talgol wisely avoided it By cunning slight ; for had it hit , The Upper part of him the Blow Had slit , as sure as that below . Mean while th ' incomparable Colon , To aid his Friend began to fall on ...
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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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