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... faid or fung . His Notions fitted Things fo well , That which was which he could not tells But oftentimes miftook the one For th ' other , as great Clerks have done . He cou'd reduce all Things to Acts , And knew their Natures by ...
... faid or fung . His Notions fitted Things fo well , That which was which he could not tells But oftentimes miftook the one For th ' other , as great Clerks have done . He cou'd reduce all Things to Acts , And knew their Natures by ...
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... faid , he always chofe To carry Vittle in his Hofe , That often tempted Rats and Mice The Ammunition to furprise : And when he put a Hand but in The one or t'other Magazine , They ftoutly in defence on't ftood , And from the wounded Foe ...
... faid , he always chofe To carry Vittle in his Hofe , That often tempted Rats and Mice The Ammunition to furprise : And when he put a Hand but in The one or t'other Magazine , They ftoutly in defence on't ftood , And from the wounded Foe ...
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... on , With ent'ring manfully , and urging , Not slow Approaches , like a Virgin . This faid , as yerft the Phrygian Knight , So ours , with rusty steel did fmite Et que je n'aurois pas befoin D'aller chercher exemple au 80 I. CANTO.
... on , With ent'ring manfully , and urging , Not slow Approaches , like a Virgin . This faid , as yerft the Phrygian Knight , So ours , with rusty steel did fmite Et que je n'aurois pas befoin D'aller chercher exemple au 80 I. CANTO.
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... faid Kings were proclaim'd by a Horfe that neigh'd ) He bravely vent ring at a Crown , By Chance of War , was beaten down , And wounded fore : his Leg then broke , Had got a Deputy of Oke : For when a Shin in Fight is cropt , The Knee ...
... faid Kings were proclaim'd by a Horfe that neigh'd ) He bravely vent ring at a Crown , By Chance of War , was beaten down , And wounded fore : his Leg then broke , Had got a Deputy of Oke : For when a Shin in Fight is cropt , The Knee ...
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... faid , and has been wrefted to Some other Knights , was true of this , He and his Horfe were of a Piece . One Spirit did inform them both , The Self - fame Vigour , Fury , Wroth : Yet he was much the rougher Part , And always had a ...
... faid , and has been wrefted to Some other Knights , was true of this , He and his Horfe were of a Piece . One Spirit did inform them both , The Self - fame Vigour , Fury , Wroth : Yet he was much the rougher Part , And always had a ...
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Page 18 - 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 45 - Still they are sure to be i' th' right. 'Tis a dark-lanthorn of the spirit, Which none see by but those that bear it ; A light that falls down from on high, For spiritual trades to cozen by ; An ignis fatuus that bewitches And leads men into pools and ditches, To make them dip themselves, and sound For Christendom in dirty pond ; To dive, like wild-fowl, for salvation, And fish to catch regeneration.
Page 40 - We shall not need to say what lack Of leather was upon his back ; For that was hidden under pad, And breech of Knight, gall'd full as bad: His strutting...
Page 36 - With so much vigour, strength, and heat, That he had almost tumbled over With his own weight, but did recover, By laying hold on tail and mane, Which oft he us'd instead of H in.
Page 20 - Freewill they one way disavow, Another, nothing else allow ; All piety consists therein In them, in other men all sin ; Rather than fail, they will defy That which they love most tenderly : Quarrel with minced pies, and disparage Their best and dearest friend, plum-porridge ; Fat pig and goose itself oppose, And blaspheme custard through the nose. Th' apostles of this fierce religion, Like Mahomet's, were ass and widgeon.
Page 278 - Honour's a lease for lives to come, And cannot be extended from The legal tenant : 'tis a chattel Not to be forfeited in battle. If he that in the field is slain Be in the bed of honour lain, He that is beaten may be said To lie in honour's truckle-bed. For as we see th...
Page 8 - 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 70 - From whence, no doubt, th' invention came Of this lewd antichristian game.' To this, quoth Ralpho, ' Verily The point seems very plain to me ; It is an antichristian game, Unlawful both in thing and name. First, for the name ; the word Bear-baiting Is carnal, and of man's creating; For certainly there's no such word In all the Scripture on record ; Therefore unlawful, and a sin ; And so is (secondly) The thing : A vile assembly 'tis, that can No more be prov'el by Scripture, than Provincial, Classic,...
Page 58 - To those that dwell therein well known, Therefore there needs no more be said here, We unto them refer our reader ; For brevity is very good, When w
Page 34 - This sword a dagger had, his page, That was but little for his age...