Hudibras, Written in the Time of the Late WarsCambridge University Press, 1905 - 335 pages |
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... ne'er be spent . And truly to support that charge He had supplies as vast and large . For he could coin or counterfeit New words with little or no wit : Words so debas'd and hard , no stone Was hard enough to touch them on . And when ...
... ne'er be spent . And truly to support that charge He had supplies as vast and large . For he could coin or counterfeit New words with little or no wit : Words so debas'd and hard , no stone Was hard enough to touch them on . And when ...
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... 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 Rancor of its Edge ...
... 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 Rancor of its Edge ...
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... North - east side , Just where the Hangman does dispose , To special Friends the fatal Noose : For ' tis great Grace when Statesmen straight Dispatch a Friend , let others wait . His warped Ear hung o'er the strings , Which was but ...
... North - east side , Just where the Hangman does dispose , To special Friends the fatal Noose : For ' tis great Grace when Statesmen straight Dispatch a Friend , let others wait . His warped Ear hung o'er the strings , Which was but ...
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... ne'er withstood ; Though arm'd with all thy Clevers , Knives , And Axes made to hew down lives ; Shall save or help thee to evade The hand of Justice , or this blade Which I her Sword - bearer do carry , For civil Deed and Military ...
... ne'er withstood ; Though arm'd with all thy Clevers , Knives , And Axes made to hew down lives ; Shall save or help thee to evade The hand of Justice , or this blade Which I her Sword - bearer do carry , For civil Deed and Military ...
Page 48
... ne'er stir further , Nor henceforth Cow or Bullock murther . But Pallas came in shape of Rust , And ' twixt the Spring and Hammer_thrust Her Gorgon - shield which made the Cock Stand stiff as if ' twere turn'd t ' a stock . Mean while ...
... ne'er stir further , Nor henceforth Cow or Bullock murther . But Pallas came in shape of Rust , And ' twixt the Spring and Hammer_thrust Her Gorgon - shield which made the Cock Stand stiff as if ' twere turn'd t ' a stock . Mean while ...
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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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