Hudibras, Written in the Time of the Late WarsCambridge University Press, 1905 - 335 pages |
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... bookseller's in the Strand , and there bought Hudibras again , it being certainly some ill humour to be so against that which all the world cries up to be an example of wit ; for which I am resolved once again to read him V 328369.
... bookseller's in the Strand , and there bought Hudibras again , it being certainly some ill humour to be so against that which all the world cries up to be an example of wit ; for which I am resolved once again to read him V 328369.
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... World could say ; A deep occult Philosopher , As learn'd as the Wild Irish are , Or Sir Agrippa , for profound And solid Lying much renown'd : He Anthroposophus , and Floud , And Jacob Behmen understood ; Knew many an Amulet and Charm ...
... World could say ; A deep occult Philosopher , As learn'd as the Wild Irish are , Or Sir Agrippa , for profound And solid Lying much renown'd : He Anthroposophus , and Floud , And Jacob Behmen understood ; Knew many an Amulet and Charm ...
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... World men do : Or like the Dev'l , did tempt and sway ' em To Rogueries , and then betray ' em . They'l search a Planet's house , to know , Who broke and robb'd a house below : Examine Venus , and the Moon Who stole a Thimble and a ...
... World men do : Or like the Dev'l , did tempt and sway ' em To Rogueries , and then betray ' em . They'l search a Planet's house , to know , Who broke and robb'd a house below : Examine Venus , and the Moon Who stole a Thimble and a ...
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... world a proof Of Deeds , not Words , and such as suit Another manner of Dispute . A Controversie that affords Actions for Arguments , not Words : Which we must manage at a rate Of Prowess and Conduct adæquate ; To what our place and ...
... world a proof Of Deeds , not Words , and such as suit Another manner of Dispute . A Controversie that affords Actions for Arguments , not Words : Which we must manage at a rate Of Prowess and Conduct adæquate ; To what our place and ...
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... world , as he could prove , Was made of Fighting and of Love : Just so Romances are , for what else Is in them all , but Love and Battels ? O ' th ' first of these w'have no great matter To treat of , but a world o ' th ' latter : In ...
... world , as he could prove , Was made of Fighting and of Love : Just so Romances are , for what else Is in them all , but Love and Battels ? O ' th ' first of these w'have no great matter To treat of , but a world o ' th ' latter : 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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