Hudibras, Written in the Time of the Late WarsCambridge University Press, 1905 - 335 pages |
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... grace Both of his Wisdom and his Face ; In Cut and Dy so like a Tile , A sudden view it would beguile : The upper part thereof was Whey , The nether Orange mixt with Grey . This hairy Meteor did denounce The fall of Scepters and of ...
... grace Both of his Wisdom and his Face ; In Cut and Dy so like a Tile , A sudden view it would beguile : The upper part thereof was Whey , The nether Orange mixt with Grey . This hairy Meteor did denounce The fall of Scepters and of ...
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... Grace when Statesmen straight Dispatch a Friend , let others wait . His warped Ear hung o'er the strings , Which was but Souce to Chitterlings : For Guts , some write , e're they are sodden ,. Are fit for Musick , or for Pudden : From ...
... Grace when Statesmen straight Dispatch a Friend , let others wait . His warped Ear hung o'er the strings , Which was but Souce to Chitterlings : For Guts , some write , e're they are sodden ,. Are fit for Musick , or for Pudden : From ...
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... grace , And rather took a Country Lass : They say ' tis false , without all sense But of pernicious consequence To Government , which they suppose Can never be upheld in Prose : Strip Nature naked to the skin , You'll find about her no ...
... grace , And rather took a Country Lass : They say ' tis false , without all sense But of pernicious consequence To Government , which they suppose Can never be upheld in Prose : Strip Nature naked to the skin , You'll find about her no ...
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... grace , By Law of Arms in such a case ; Both which I now do offer freely . I scorn ( quoth she ) thou Coxcomb silly , ( Clapping her hand upon her breech , To shew how much [ s ] he priz'd his speech ) Quarter or Counsel from a foe : If ...
... grace , By Law of Arms in such a case ; Both which I now do offer freely . I scorn ( quoth she ) thou Coxcomb silly , ( Clapping her hand upon her breech , To shew how much [ s ] he priz'd his speech ) Quarter or Counsel from a foe : If ...
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... Grace , and Quarter now ? Or wilt thou rather break thy word , And stain thine Honor , than thy Sword . A Man of War to damn his Soul , In basely breaking his Parole . And when before the Fight , th ' hadst vow'd To give no quarter in ...
... Grace , and Quarter now ? Or wilt thou rather break thy word , And stain thine Honor , than thy Sword . A Man of War to damn his Soul , In basely breaking his Parole . And when before the Fight , th ' hadst vow'd To give no quarter in ...
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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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