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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... o'er as swaddle.1 Mighty he was at both of these , And styled of War , as well as Peace ( So some rats , of amphibious nature , Are either for the land or water ) : But here our authors make a doubt Whether he were more wise or stout ...
... o'er as swaddle.1 Mighty he was at both of these , And styled of War , as well as Peace ( So some rats , of amphibious nature , Are either for the land or water ) : But here our authors make a doubt Whether he were more wise or stout ...
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... o'er the strings , Which was but souse to chitterlings : For guts , some write , ere they are sodden , Are fit for music , or for pudden : From whence men borrow ev'ry kind Of minstrelsy , by string or wind . His grisly beard was long ...
... o'er the strings , Which was but souse to chitterlings : For guts , some write , ere they are sodden , Are fit for music , or for pudden : From whence men borrow ev'ry kind Of minstrelsy , by string or wind . His grisly beard was long ...
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... o'er the men of string ( As once in Persia , ' tis said , 129 Kings were proclaim'd by a horse that neigh'd2 ) ; He , bravely vent'ring at a crown , By chance of war was beaten down , And wounded sore : his leg , then broke , Had get a ...
... o'er the men of string ( As once in Persia , ' tis said , 129 Kings were proclaim'd by a horse that neigh'd2 ) ; He , bravely vent'ring at a crown , By chance of war was beaten down , And wounded sore : his leg , then broke , Had get a ...
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... o'er which they straddle , And ev'ry man ate up his saddle ; He was not half so nice as they , But ate it raw when't came in's way : He had traced countries far and near , More than Le Blanc the traveller , 253 260 270 280 1 ' Gorget ...
... o'er which they straddle , And ev'ry man ate up his saddle ; He was not half so nice as they , But ate it raw when't came in's way : He had traced countries far and near , More than Le Blanc the traveller , 253 260 270 280 1 ' Gorget ...
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... o'er his brazen arms he held ; But brass was feeble to resist The fury of his armed fist ; Nor could the hardest iron hold out Against his blows , but they would thro't . In magic he was deeply read , As he that made the Brazen Head ; 1 ...
... o'er his brazen arms he held ; But brass was feeble to resist The fury of his armed fist ; Nor could the hardest iron hold out Against his blows , but they would thro't . In magic he was deeply read , As he that made the Brazen Head ; 1 ...
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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.