Hudibras, Written in the Time of the Late WarsCambridge University Press, 1905 - 335 pages |
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... half a Grain : Which made some take him for a Tool That Knaves do work with , call'd a Fool . And offer to lay wagers that As Mountaigne playing with his Cat , Complains she thought him but an Ass , Much more she would Sir Hudibras ...
... half a Grain : Which made some take him for a Tool That Knaves do work with , call'd a Fool . And offer to lay wagers that As Mountaigne playing with his Cat , Complains she thought him but an Ass , Much more she would Sir Hudibras ...
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... half a hundred Men of War ; So he appear'd , and by his skill , No less than Dint of Sword could kill . The Gallant Bruin marcht next ' him , With Visage formidably grim . And rugged as a Saracin , 1 1 Or Turk of Mahomet's own kin ...
... half a hundred Men of War ; So he appear'd , and by his skill , No less than Dint of Sword could kill . The Gallant Bruin marcht next ' him , With Visage formidably grim . And rugged as a Saracin , 1 1 Or Turk of Mahomet's own kin ...
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... half so nice as they , But eat it raw when ' t came in ' is way . He had trac'd Countreys far and near , More than Le Blanc the Traveller ; Who writes , He Spous'd in India , Of noble house , a Lady gay , And got on her a Race of ...
... half so nice as they , But eat it raw when ' t came in ' is way . He had trac'd Countreys far and near , More than Le Blanc the Traveller ; Who writes , He Spous'd in India , Of noble house , a Lady gay , And got on her a Race of ...
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... half would thrust , the other strike : And when their forces he had join'd , He scorn'd to turn his Parts behind . He Trulla lov'd , Trulla more bright Than burnish'd Armor of her Knight : A bold Virago , stout and tall As Joan of ...
... half would thrust , the other strike : And when their forces he had join'd , He scorn'd to turn his Parts behind . He Trulla lov'd , Trulla more bright Than burnish'd Armor of her Knight : A bold Virago , stout and tall As Joan of ...
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... half of thee as good To bear out blows as that of Wood ? Could not the whipping - post prevail With all its Rhet'rick , nor the Jail , To keep from flaying scourge thy skin , And ankle free from Iron Gin ? Which now thou shalt- -but ...
... half of thee as good To bear out blows as that of Wood ? Could not the whipping - post prevail With all its Rhet'rick , nor the Jail , To keep from flaying scourge thy skin , And ankle free from Iron Gin ? Which now thou shalt- -but ...
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