The Poetical Works of Samuel Butler: The life and works of Samuel Butler ; Hudibras in three parts, written in the time of the late warsJames Nichol, 1854 |
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... - eyed steed toward the scene of contest . 19 In the second canto , Hudibras and Ralpho reach the spot , and find their enemies assembled in full force - and them the author pauses to describe . There is , first , OF SAMUEL BUTLER , xxi.
... - eyed steed toward the scene of contest . 19 In the second canto , Hudibras and Ralpho reach the spot , and find their enemies assembled in full force - and them the author pauses to describe . There is , first , OF SAMUEL BUTLER , xxi.
Page xxiv
... enemies of super- stition , were believed secretly to tamper with , and to try to turn it to their own purposes . There follows an heroical epistle of Hudibras to Sidrophel , which is said to have been occasioned by Sir Paul Neal , a ...
... enemies of super- stition , were believed secretly to tamper with , and to try to turn it to their own purposes . There follows an heroical epistle of Hudibras to Sidrophel , which is said to have been occasioned by Sir Paul Neal , a ...
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... enemies plus satis , That canes et angue pejus hate us ; And shall we turn our fangs and claws Upon our own selves , without cause ? 719 730 740 750 Proletarian : ' the poorest of the people . - 2 Nare olfact : ' nose smell.— 36 Cane ...
... enemies plus satis , That canes et angue pejus hate us ; And shall we turn our fangs and claws Upon our own selves , without cause ? 719 730 740 750 Proletarian : ' the poorest of the people . - 2 Nare olfact : ' nose smell.— 36 Cane ...
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... enemies ' best men of war , Whom , in a bold harangue , the Knight Defies , and challenges to fight : H ' encounters Talgol , routs the Bear , And takes the Fiddler prisoner , Conveys him to enchanted castle , There shuts him fast in ...
... enemies ' best men of war , Whom , in a bold harangue , the Knight Defies , and challenges to fight : H ' encounters Talgol , routs the Bear , And takes the Fiddler prisoner , Conveys him to enchanted castle , There shuts him fast in ...
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... enemy did then encamp on ; The dire Pharsalian plain , where battle Was to be waged ' twixt puissant cattle , And fierce auxiliary men That came to aid their brethren , Who now began to take the field , As Knight from ridge of steed ...
... enemy did then encamp on ; The dire Pharsalian plain , where battle Was to be waged ' twixt puissant cattle , And fierce auxiliary men That came to aid their brethren , Who now began to take the field , As Knight from ridge of steed ...
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adventure alluding ancient arms astrologer Bear Bear-baiting beard beast blood blows brave break broke bruised bus'ness Butler call'd canto Cerdon cheat Church conscience Crowdero Dame Devil Dogs durance e'er ears enchanted enemy ev'ry face false feats fell fierce fight force fortune fustian give head heart honour horse King Knight ladies laid learned lover Magnano Mascon Moon Napier's bones ne'er never nose numbers o'er oath olfact Orsin Paracelsus Presbyterian prove pull'd Puritans Quoth Hudibras Quoth Ralpho rage resolved Rosicrucian Roundhead Saints SAMUEL BUTLER self-same Sidrophel soul specieses Squire stars steed stout straight swear sword swore Synods tail Talgol tell thee things thou hast thought thro tricks true Trulla truncheon turn turn'd twas ty'd valour vow'd Whachum whipping William Lilly witches words worse wound
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Page 8 - For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true church militant ; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic blows and knocks...
Page 9 - Compound for sins they are inclined to, By damning those they have no mind to...
Page 4 - twixt south and south-west side ; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute ; He'd undertake to prove by force Of argument a man's no horse ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl, A calf an alderman, a goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees.
Page 8 - To be the true Church Militant; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery; And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic blows and knocks; Call fire, and sword, and desolation, A godly, thorough Reformation, Which always must be carried on, And still be doing, never done; As if Religion were intended For nothing else but to be mended.
Page 42 - For he was of that noble trade, That demi-gods and heroes made, Slaughter, and knocking on the head, The trade to which they all were bred; And is, like others, glorious when Tis great and large, but base, if mean : The former rides in triumph for it, The latter in a two-wheel'd chariot, For daring to profane a thing So sacred with vile bungling.
Page 6 - In Mathematics he was greater Than Tycho Brahe, or Erra Pater: For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of pots of ale; Resolve, by sines and tangents straight, If bread or butter wanted weight; And wisely tell what hour o' th' day The clock does strike, by Algebra.
Page 6 - For th' other, as great clerks have done. He could reduce all things to acts, And knew their natures by abstracts; Where Entity and Quiddity, The ghosts of defunct bodies, fly; Where truth in person does appear, Like words congeal'd in northern air.
Page 4 - H' had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules he did it by ; Else, when with greatest art he spoke, You'd think he talked like other folk.
Page 16 - We shall not need to say what lack Of leather was upon his back ; For that was hidden under...
Page 201 - And basely turn'd his back to fly ; But Hudibras gave him a twitch, As quick as lightning, in the breech, Just in the place where honour's lodg'd, As wise philosophers Have judg'd, Because a kick in that place more Hurts honour, than deep wounds before.