Hudibras, Written in the Time of the Late WarsCambridge University Press, 1905 - 335 pages |
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... fell out they knew not why , When hard Words , Jealousies , and Fears , Set Folks together by the Ears , And made them fight , like mad or drunk , For Dame Religion as for Punk , Whose honesty they all durst swear for , Though not a man ...
... fell out they knew not why , When hard Words , Jealousies , and Fears , Set Folks together by the Ears , And made them fight , like mad or drunk , For Dame Religion as for Punk , Whose honesty they all durst swear for , Though not a man ...
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... fell a Grutch , He ne'er gave quarter t ' any such . The trenchant blade , Toledo trusty , For want of fighting was grown rusty , And eat into it self , for lack Of some body to hew and hack . The peaceful Scabbard where it dwelt , The ...
... fell a Grutch , He ne'er gave quarter t ' any such . The trenchant blade , Toledo trusty , For want of fighting was grown rusty , And eat into it self , for lack Of some body to hew and hack . The peaceful Scabbard where it dwelt , The ...
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... fell kind , With wings before , and stings behind , Subdu'd ; as Poets say , long agone Bold Sir George , Saint George did the Dragon . Nor Engine , nor Device Polemick , Disease , nor Doctor Epidemick , Though stor'd with Deletery Med ...
... fell kind , With wings before , and stings behind , Subdu'd ; as Poets say , long agone Bold Sir George , Saint George did the Dragon . Nor Engine , nor Device Polemick , Disease , nor Doctor Epidemick , Though stor'd with Deletery Med ...
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... fell to turn and patch the Church . Some cry'd the Covenant instead Of Pudding - pies and Ginger - bread : And some for Broom , old Boots , and Shooes , Baul'd out to purge the Commons House : Instead of Kitchin - stuff , some cry A ...
... fell to turn and patch the Church . Some cry'd the Covenant instead Of Pudding - pies and Ginger - bread : And some for Broom , old Boots , and Shooes , Baul'd out to purge the Commons House : Instead of Kitchin - stuff , some cry A ...
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... fell prostrate , to adore it . So say the Wicked - and will you Make that Sarcasmous Scandal true , By running after Dogs and Bears , Beasts more unclean than Calves and Steers ? Have pow'rful Preachers ply'd their tongues , And laid ...
... fell prostrate , to adore it . So say the Wicked - and will you Make that Sarcasmous Scandal true , By running after Dogs and Bears , Beasts more unclean than Calves and Steers ? Have pow'rful Preachers ply'd their tongues , And laid ...
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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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