Hudibras, Written in the Time of the Late WarsCambridge University Press, 1905 - 335 pages |
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... 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 Gospel ...
... 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 Gospel ...
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... word . For Hebrew Roots , although th ' are found To flourish most in barren ground , He had such plenty as suffic'd ... words , ready to shew why , And tell what Rules he did it by . Else when with greatest Art he spoke , You'd think he ...
... word . For Hebrew Roots , although th ' are found To flourish most in barren ground , He had such plenty as suffic'd ... words , ready to shew why , And tell what Rules he did it by . Else when with greatest Art he spoke , You'd think he ...
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... words with little or no wit : Words so debas'd and 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 ...
... words with little or no wit : Words so debas'd and 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 ...
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... words and terms could go . All which he understood by Rote , And as occasion serv'd , would quote ; No matter whether right or wrong : They might be either said or sung . His Notions fitted things so well , That which was which he could ...
... words and terms could go . All which he understood by Rote , And as occasion serv'd , would quote ; No matter whether right or wrong : They might be either said or sung . His Notions fitted things so well , That which was which he could ...
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... word Of their Provision on Record : Which made some confidently write , They had no stomachs but to fight , ' Tis false for Arthur wore in Hall Round Table like a Farthingal , On which , with Shirt pull'd out behind , And eke before his ...
... word Of their Provision on Record : Which made some confidently write , They had no stomachs but to fight , ' Tis false for Arthur wore in Hall Round Table like a Farthingal , On which , with Shirt pull'd out behind , And eke before his ...
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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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