Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...J. Bell, 1797 |
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... force Of argument , a man's no horse : He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl , And that a lord may be an owl ; 65 languages there , where he is sure to be admired , though not understood . v . 62. ] Here again is an alteration without any ...
... force Of argument , a man's no horse : He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl , And that a lord may be an owl ; 65 languages there , where he is sure to be admired , though not understood . v . 62. ] Here again is an alteration without any ...
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... force of arms , like the religion of Mahomet : thus it was established at Geneva in Switzerland , Holland , Scotland , & c . In France , for some time , by that means , it obtained a toleration ; much blood was shed to get it ...
... force of arms , like the religion of Mahomet : thus it was established at Geneva in Switzerland , Holland , Scotland , & c . In France , for some time , by that means , it obtained a toleration ; much blood was shed to get it ...
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... force He got on th ' outside of his horse : For having but one stirrup ty'd T'his saddle on the further side , It was so short h ' had much ado To reach it with his desp'rate toe ; 405 410 But after many strains and heaves , He got up ...
... force He got on th ' outside of his horse : For having but one stirrup ty'd T'his saddle on the further side , It was so short h ' had much ado To reach it with his desp'rate toe ; 405 410 But after many strains and heaves , He got up ...
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... force , Prepar'd for better or for worse . ́His death - charg'd pistols he did fit well , Drawn out from life - preserving vittle ; These being prim'd , with force he labour'd To free ' s sword from retentive scabbard ; And after many a ...
... force , Prepar'd for better or for worse . ́His death - charg'd pistols he did fit well , Drawn out from life - preserving vittle ; These being prim'd , with force he labour'd To free ' s sword from retentive scabbard ; And after many a ...
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... forces he had join'd , He scorn'd to turn his parts behind . He Trulla lov'd , Trulla more bright Than burnish'd armour of her knight ; A bold virago , stout and tall , As Joan of France , or English Mall : 365 v . 365. The daughter of ...
... forces he had join'd , He scorn'd to turn his parts behind . He Trulla lov'd , Trulla more bright Than burnish'd armour of her knight ; A bold virago , stout and tall , As Joan of France , or English Mall : 365 v . 365. The daughter of ...
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agen Altho arms b'ing Bear Bear-baiting beard beast believ'd blood blows break bus'ness Butler Canto cause Cerdon cheat Church conscience cou'd Crowdero Dame devil dogs e'er ears editions of 1664 enemy ev'ry Exeter Exchange eyes false fear feats fierce fight forc'd force give grace hand heart heaven honour horse King Knight ladies laid learned Lord lover Magnano Napier's bones ne'er never o'er oaths Oliver Cromwell Orsin Paracelsus Poem Poet pow'r Presbyterian prov'd prove Quoth Hudibras Quoth Ralpho rabble rais'd resolv'd Restored rump Rump Parliament Saints SAMUEL BUTLER shew side Sidrophel Sir Roger L'Estrange soul sp'ritual specieses Squire stars steed stout swear sword swore tail Talgol tell thee things thou hast thro trepan tricks true Trulla turn turn'd twas us'd vow'd Whachum William Lilly words worse wou'd wounds
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Page 16 - He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination : All this by syllogism true, In mood and figure he would do. For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope : And when he happen'd to break off I' th' middle of his speech, or cough, H...
Page 210 - Tis the temptation of the devil That makes all human actions evil : For Saints may do the same things by The Spirit, in sincerity, Which other men are tempted to, And at the devil's instance do ; And yet the actions be contrary, Just as the Saints and Wicked vary.
Page 14 - Th' adventure of the bear and fiddle Is sung, but breaks off in the middle. When civil fury first grew high, And men fell out, they knew not why; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears...
Page 14 - Though not a man of them knew wherefore ; When Gospel-trumpeter, surrounded With long-ear'd rout, to battle sounded ; And pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist instead of a stick, Then did Sir Knight abandon dwelling, And out he rode a colonelling.
Page 30 - Unless they graz'd there's not one word Of their provision on record ; Which made some confidently write, They had no stomachs but to fight.
Page 39 - He understood the speech of birds As well as they themselves do words ; Could tell what subtlest parrots mean, That speak and think contrary clean ; 550 What member 'tis of whom they talk When they cry ' Rope,' and
Page 24 - 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...
Page 22 - Or, like a mountebank, did wound And stab herself with doubts profound, Only to show with how small pain The sores of Faith are cured again ; Although by woful proof we find They always leave a scar behind.
Page 78 - And what would serve, if those were gone, To make it orthodox ?" — " Our own." " What makes morality a crime, The most notorious of the time ; Morality, which both the saints And wicked too cry out against ?" — " 'Cause grace and virtue are within Prohibited degrees of kin ; And therefore no true saint allows They shall be...
Page 107 - Is marry'd only to a thumb (As wise as ringing of a pig, That us'd to break up ground and dig), The bride to nothing but her will, That nulls the after-marriage still : Some were for th...