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... Vertues , and his own . Th ' Adventure of the Bear and Fiddle Is fung , but breaks off in the middle . CANTO I W Hen civil Dudgeon first grew high , And Men fell out they knew not why ; HUDIBRAS . SUJE T DU PREMIER CHANT . Du Sieur.
... Vertues , and his own . Th ' Adventure of the Bear and Fiddle Is fung , but breaks off in the middle . CANTO I W Hen civil Dudgeon first grew high , And Men fell out they knew not why ; HUDIBRAS . SUJE T DU PREMIER CHANT . Du Sieur.
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... fell a Grutch , He ne'er gave Quarter t'any fuch . The trenchant Blade , Toledo trusty , For want of Fighting was grown rusty , ` And ate into it felf , for lack Of fome Body to hew and hack . The peaceful Scabbard where it dwelt , The ...
... fell a Grutch , He ne'er gave Quarter t'any fuch . The trenchant Blade , Toledo trusty , For want of Fighting was grown rusty , ` And ate into it felf , for lack Of fome Body to hew and hack . The peaceful Scabbard where it dwelt , The ...
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... fell Kind , With Wings before and Stings behind , Subdu'd : as Poets fay , long agone Bold Sir George , Saint George did the Dragon . Nor Engine , nor Device Polemick , Difeafe , nor Doctor Epidemick , Tho ' ftor'd with Deletery Meď ...
... fell Kind , With Wings before and Stings behind , Subdu'd : as Poets fay , long agone Bold Sir George , Saint George did the Dragon . Nor Engine , nor Device Polemick , Difeafe , nor Doctor Epidemick , Tho ' ftor'd with Deletery Meď ...
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... fell to turn and patch the Church . Some cry'd the Covenant , instead Of Pudding - Pies and Ginger - Bread . And fome for Brooms , Old Boots and Shoes Baul'd out to Purge the Common - Houfe : Inftead of Kitchen - stuff , some cry ...
... fell to turn and patch the Church . Some cry'd the Covenant , instead Of Pudding - Pies and Ginger - Bread . And fome for Brooms , Old Boots and Shoes Baul'd out to Purge the Common - Houfe : Inftead of Kitchen - stuff , some cry ...
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... . Then was the Cause of Gold and Plate , The Brethren's Off'rings , confecrate , Like th ' Hebrew Calf , and down before it The Saints fell proftrate , to adore it : Et croyez - vous que tout cela Se foit fait 132 II . CANTO.
... . Then was the Cause of Gold and Plate , The Brethren's Off'rings , confecrate , Like th ' Hebrew Calf , and down before it The Saints fell proftrate , to adore it : Et croyez - vous que tout cela Se foit fait 132 II . CANTO.
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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...