Hudibras, Written in the Time of the Late WarsCambridge University Press, 1905 - 335 pages |
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... us'd no other ways . In Mathematicks he was greater Than Tycho Brahe , or Erra Pater : For he , by Geometrick scale , Could take the size of Pots of Ale ; Resolve by Signs and Tangents streight , If Bread or Butter wanted weight ; And ...
... us'd no other ways . In Mathematicks he was greater Than Tycho Brahe , or Erra Pater : For he , by Geometrick scale , Could take the size of Pots of Ale ; Resolve by Signs and Tangents streight , If Bread or Butter wanted weight ; And ...
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... us'd to lay about and stickle , Like Ram or Bull , at Conventicle : For Disputants like Rams and Bulls , Do fight with Arms that spring from Skulls . Last Colon came , bold Man of War , Destin'd to blows by fatal Star ; Right expert in ...
... us'd to lay about and stickle , Like Ram or Bull , at Conventicle : For Disputants like Rams and Bulls , Do fight with Arms that spring from Skulls . Last Colon came , bold Man of War , Destin'd to blows by fatal Star ; Right expert in ...
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... Us'd all means both direct and sinister I ' th ' power of Gospel - Preaching Minister ? Have they invented Tones , to win The Women , and make them draw in The Men , as Indians with a Female Tame Elephant inveigle the Male ? Have they ...
... Us'd all means both direct and sinister I ' th ' power of Gospel - Preaching Minister ? Have they invented Tones , to win The Women , and make them draw in The Men , as Indians with a Female Tame Elephant inveigle the Male ? Have they ...
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... us'd to be ; Or sent th❜on bus'ness any whither , So he had never brought thee hither . But if th'hast Brain enough in Sk [ u ] ll To keep within it's lodging whole . And not provoke the rage of Stones And Cudgels to thy Hide and Bones ...
... us'd to be ; Or sent th❜on bus'ness any whither , So he had never brought thee hither . But if th'hast Brain enough in Sk [ u ] ll To keep within it's lodging whole . And not provoke the rage of Stones And Cudgels to thy Hide and Bones ...
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... us'd to such a kind of fight , And shrunk from its great Master's gripe , Knock'd down and stunn'd with mortal stripe . Then Hudibras with furious haste Drew out his sword ; yet not so fast , But Talgol first with hardy thwack Twice ...
... us'd to such a kind of fight , And shrunk from its great Master's gripe , Knock'd down and stunn'd with mortal stripe . Then Hudibras with furious haste Drew out his sword ; yet not so fast , But Talgol first with hardy thwack Twice ...
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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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