Hudibras, Written in the Time of the Late WarsCambridge University Press, 1905 - 335 pages |
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Page 9
... fierce Religion , Like Mahomet's , were Ass and Widgeon , To whom our Knight , by fast instinct Of Wit and Temper was so linkt , As if Hipocrisie and Non - sence Had got th ' Advouson of his Conscience . Thus was he gifted and accouter ...
... fierce Religion , Like Mahomet's , were Ass and Widgeon , To whom our Knight , by fast instinct Of Wit and Temper was so linkt , As if Hipocrisie and Non - sence Had got th ' Advouson of his Conscience . Thus was he gifted and accouter ...
Page 23
... fierce and zealous Warr . Others ador'd a Rat , and some For that Church suffer'd Martyrdome . The Indians fought for the truth Of th ' Elephant , and Monkey's Tooth : And many , to defend that faith , Fought it out mordicus to death ...
... fierce and zealous Warr . Others ador'd a Rat , and some For that Church suffer'd Martyrdome . The Indians fought for the truth Of th ' Elephant , and Monkey's Tooth : And many , to defend that faith , Fought it out mordicus to death ...
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... fierce dead - doing man , Compos'd of many ingredient Valors Just like the Manhood of nine Tailors . So a wilde Tartar when he spies A man that's handsome , valiant , wise , If he can kill him , thinks t'inherit His Wit , his Beauty ...
... fierce dead - doing man , Compos'd of many ingredient Valors Just like the Manhood of nine Tailors . So a wilde Tartar when he spies A man that's handsome , valiant , wise , If he can kill him , thinks t'inherit His Wit , his Beauty ...
Page 30
... fierce Auxiliary Men , That came to aid their Brethren : Who now began to take the Field As from his Steed the Knight beheld : For as our modern Wits behold , Mounted a Pick - back on the Old , Much further off , much further he Rais'd ...
... fierce Auxiliary Men , That came to aid their Brethren : Who now began to take the Field As from his Steed the Knight beheld : For as our modern Wits behold , Mounted a Pick - back on the Old , Much further off , much further he Rais'd ...
Page 32
... him with the purchas'd prey Of many a fierce and bloody fray ; Bred up where Discipline most rare is , In Military Garden - Paris . For Soldiers heretofore did grow In Gardens , Just as Weeds do now ; Until 32 HUDIBRAS.
... him with the purchas'd prey Of many a fierce and bloody fray ; Bred up where Discipline most rare is , In Military Garden - Paris . For Soldiers heretofore did grow In Gardens , Just as Weeds do now ; Until 32 HUDIBRAS.
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