Hudibras, Written in the Time of the Late WarsCambridge University Press, 1905 - 335 pages |
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... falling into discourse of a new book of drollery in use called Hudebras , I would needs go find it out , and met with it at the Temple : cost me 2s . 6d . But when I came to read it , it is so silly an abuse of the Presbyter Knight ...
... falling into discourse of a new book of drollery in use called Hudebras , I would needs go find it out , and met with it at the Temple : cost me 2s . 6d . But when I came to read it , it is so silly an abuse of the Presbyter Knight ...
Page 8
... fall Had cloven Feet , or none at all . All this without a Gloss or Comment , He would unriddle in a moment : In ... falling out with that or this , And finding somewhat still amiss : More peevish , cross , and splenetick , 1 ) . Than ...
... fall Had cloven Feet , or none at all . All this without a Gloss or Comment , He would unriddle in a moment : In ... falling out with that or this , And finding somewhat still amiss : More peevish , cross , and splenetick , 1 ) . Than ...
Page 9
... Whey , The nether Orange mixt with Grey . This hairy Meteor did denounce The fall of Scepters and of Crowns ; With grizly type did represent Declining Age of Government ; And tell with Hieroglyphick Spade 9 FIRST PART , CANTO I.
... Whey , The nether Orange mixt with Grey . This hairy Meteor did denounce The fall of Scepters and of Crowns ; With grizly type did represent Declining Age of Government ; And tell with Hieroglyphick Spade 9 FIRST PART , CANTO I.
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... fall , as it was consecrate A Sacrifice to fall of State ; Whose thred of life the fatal Sisters Did twist together with its Whiskers , And twine so close , that time should never , In life or death , their fortunes sever ; But with his ...
... fall , as it was consecrate A Sacrifice to fall of State ; Whose thred of life the fatal Sisters Did twist together with its Whiskers , And twine so close , that time should never , In life or death , their fortunes sever ; But with his ...
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... falls down from on high , For Spiritual Trades to couzen by : An Ignis Fatuus that bewitches , And leads Men into Pools and Ditches , To make them dip themselves , and sound For Christendom [ in ] dirty Pond ; To dive like Wild - foul ...
... falls down from on high , For Spiritual Trades to couzen by : An Ignis Fatuus that bewitches , And leads Men into Pools and Ditches , To make them dip themselves , and sound For Christendom [ in ] dirty Pond ; To dive like Wild - foul ...
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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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