Hudibras, Written in the Time of the Late WarsCambridge University Press, 1905 - 335 pages |
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... pow'r to make men_wise ; For dropt in blere , thick - sighted 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 ...
... pow'r to make men_wise ; For dropt in blere , thick - sighted 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 ...
Page 44
... pow'r to levy Horse and Men , Only to bring them back agen : For this did many , many a mile , Ride manfully in Rank and File , With Papers in their Hats , that show'd As if they to th ' Pillory rode , Have all these courses , these ...
... pow'r to levy Horse and Men , Only to bring them back agen : For this did many , many a mile , Ride manfully in Rank and File , With Papers in their Hats , that show'd As if they to th ' Pillory rode , Have all these courses , these ...
Page 55
... pow'r to kill , Argues your Pow'r above your Will ; And that your Will and Pow'r have less Than both might have of Selfishness . This Pow'r which now alive with dread He trembles at , if he were dead , Would no more keep the Slave in ...
... pow'r to kill , Argues your Pow'r above your Will ; And that your Will and Pow'r have less Than both might have of Selfishness . This Pow'r which now alive with dread He trembles at , if he were dead , Would no more keep the Slave in ...
Page 56
... pow'r to hang him when you please . This hath been often done by some Of our great Conqu'rors , you know whom : And has by most of us been held Wise Justice , and to some reveal'd . For Words and Promises that yoke , The Conqu'ror , are ...
... pow'r to hang him when you please . This hath been often done by some Of our great Conqu'rors , you know whom : And has by most of us been held Wise Justice , and to some reveal'd . For Words and Promises that yoke , The Conqu'ror , are ...
Page 92
... pow'r , Ergo ' tis none . And so thy Sophistry's o'erthrown . But yet we are beside the Question Which thou did'st raise the first contest on ; For that was , Whether Bears are better Than Synod - men , I say Negatur . That Bears are ...
... pow'r , Ergo ' tis none . And so thy Sophistry's o'erthrown . But yet we are beside the Question Which thou did'st raise the first contest on ; For that was , Whether Bears are better Than Synod - men , I say Negatur . That Bears are ...
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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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