Hudibras, Written in the Time of the Late WarsCambridge University Press, 1905 - 335 pages |
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... playing with his Cat , Complains she thought him but an Ass , Much more she would Sir Hudibras . ( For that's the Name our valiant Knight To all his Challenges did write . ) But they're mistaken very much , ' Tis plain enough he was no ...
... playing with his Cat , Complains she thought him but an Ass , Much more she would Sir Hudibras . ( For that's the Name our valiant Knight To all his Challenges did write . ) But they're mistaken very much , ' Tis plain enough he was no ...
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... plays upon The nose of Saint like Bag - pipe drone , And speaks through hollow empty Soul , As through a Trunk , or whisp❜ring hole , Such language as no mortal Ear But spiritual Eve - droppers can hear . So Phoebus or some friendly ...
... plays upon The nose of Saint like Bag - pipe drone , And speaks through hollow empty Soul , As through a Trunk , or whisp❜ring hole , Such language as no mortal Ear But spiritual Eve - droppers can hear . So Phoebus or some friendly ...
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... Play . He could foretell whats'ever was By consequence to come to pass . As Death of Great Men , Alterations , Diseases , Battels , Inundations . All this without th ' Eclipse of Sun , Or dreadful Comet , he hath done By inward Light ...
... Play . He could foretell whats'ever was By consequence to come to pass . As Death of Great Men , Alterations , Diseases , Battels , Inundations . All this without th ' Eclipse of Sun , Or dreadful Comet , he hath done By inward Light ...
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... plays , Shall ( dictum factum ) both be brought To condigne Punishment as th'y ought . This must be done , and I would fain see Mortal so sturdy as to gain - say : For then [ I ] ' ll take another course , And son Reduce you all by ...
... plays , Shall ( dictum factum ) both be brought To condigne Punishment as th'y ought . This must be done , and I would fain see Mortal so sturdy as to gain - say : For then [ I ] ' ll take another course , And son Reduce you all by ...
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... play His game , and look another way : Until he seize upon the Cony : Just so does he by Matrimony , But all in vain her subtle snout Did quickly wind his meaning out ; Which she return'd with too much scorn , To be by man of honor born ...
... play His game , and look another way : Until he seize upon the Cony : Just so does he by Matrimony , But all in vain her subtle snout Did quickly wind his meaning out ; Which she return'd with too much scorn , To be by man of honor born ...
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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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