Hudibras, Written in the Time of the Late WarsCambridge University Press, 1905 - 335 pages |
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... 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 of them knew wherefore : 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 of them knew wherefore : When ...
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... hard words , ready to shew why , And tell what Rules he did it by . Else when with greatest Art he spoke , You'd think he talk'd like other folk , For all a Rhetoricians Rules , Teach nothing but to name his Tools , His ordinary Rate of ...
... hard words , ready to shew why , And tell what Rules he did it by . Else when with greatest Art he spoke , You'd think he talk'd like other folk , For all a Rhetoricians Rules , Teach nothing but to name his Tools , His ordinary Rate of ...
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... hard , no stone Was hard enough to touch them on . And when with hasty noise he spoke ' em , The Ignorant for currant took ' em . That had the Orator who once , Did fill his Mouth with Pibble Stones When he harangu'd , but known his ...
... hard , no stone Was hard enough to touch them on . And when with hasty noise he spoke ' em , The Ignorant for currant took ' em . That had the Orator who once , Did fill his Mouth with Pibble Stones When he harangu'd , but known his ...
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... hard Duty still , And every night stood Sentinel , To guard the Magazine i'th ' Hose From two legg❜d and from four legg'd Foes . Thus clad and fortifi'd , Sir Knight From peaceful home set forth to fight . But first with nimble active ...
... hard Duty still , And every night stood Sentinel , To guard the Magazine i'th ' Hose From two legg❜d and from four legg'd Foes . Thus clad and fortifi'd , Sir Knight From peaceful home set forth to fight . But first with nimble active ...
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... hard to keep out of harm's way ) Thither the Knight his course did stear , To keep the peace ' twixt Dog and Bear ; As he believ'd h ' was bound to doe , In Conscience and Commission too . And therefore thus bespoke the Squire ; We that ...
... hard to keep out of harm's way ) Thither the Knight his course did stear , To keep the peace ' twixt Dog and Bear ; As he believ'd h ' was bound to doe , In Conscience and Commission too . And therefore thus bespoke the Squire ; We that ...
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Hudibras; Written in the Time of the Late Wars Samuel Butler,Alfred Rayney Waller No preview available - 2019 |
Hudibras; Written in the Time of the Late Wars Samuel Butler,Alfred Rayney Waller No preview available - 2023 |
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