Hudibras, Written in the Time of the Late WarsCambridge University Press, 1905 - 335 pages |
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Page 17
... Eyes , They'd make them see in darkest night , Like Owls , though pur - blind in the light . By help of these ( as he profest ) He had First Matter seen undrest : He took her naked all alone , Before one Rag of Form was on . The Chaos B ...
... Eyes , They'd make them see in darkest night , Like Owls , though pur - blind in the light . By help of these ( as he profest ) He had First Matter seen undrest : He took her naked all alone , Before one Rag of Form was on . The Chaos B ...
Page 40
... Eyes ) Did very learnedly decide The bus'ness on the Horse's side , And prov'd not onely Horse , but Cows , Nay Pigs , were of the elder house : For Beasts , when man was but a piece Of earth himself , did th ' earth possess . These ...
... Eyes ) Did very learnedly decide The bus'ness on the Horse's side , And prov'd not onely Horse , but Cows , Nay Pigs , were of the elder house : For Beasts , when man was but a piece Of earth himself , did th ' earth possess . These ...
Page 47
... eyes up both , Three times [ he ] smote on stomach stout , From whence at length these words broke out . Was I for this entitled Sir , And girt with trusty Sword and Spur , For Fame and Honor to wage Battel , Thus to be brav'd by Foe to ...
... eyes up both , Three times [ he ] smote on stomach stout , From whence at length these words broke out . Was I for this entitled Sir , And girt with trusty Sword and Spur , For Fame and Honor to wage Battel , Thus to be brav'd by Foe to ...
Page 53
... eye , And gently op'ning lid , the Casement , Lookt out , but yet with some amazement . This gladed Ralpho much to see , Who thus bespoke the Knight : Quoth he Tweaking his Nose , You are , great Sir , A Self - denying Conqueror ; As ...
... eye , And gently op'ning lid , the Casement , Lookt out , but yet with some amazement . This gladed Ralpho much to see , Who thus bespoke the Knight : Quoth he Tweaking his Nose , You are , great Sir , A Self - denying Conqueror ; As ...
Page 69
... More than his bangs or fleas , from sleep . And as an Owl that in a Barn Sees a Mouse creeping in the Corn , Sits still , and shuts his . round blew eyes As if he slept , until he spies The little 69 FIRST PART , CANTO III.
... More than his bangs or fleas , from sleep . And as an Owl that in a Barn Sees a Mouse creeping in the Corn , Sits still , and shuts his . round blew eyes As if he slept , until he spies The little 69 FIRST PART , CANTO III.
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