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... Thefe wou'd inveigle Rats with th ' Scent , To forage when the Cocks were bent ; And fometimes catch ' em with a Snap , As cleverly as th'ableft Trap . They were upon hard Duty ftill , And every Night flood Centinel , To guard the ...
... Thefe wou'd inveigle Rats with th ' Scent , To forage when the Cocks were bent ; And fometimes catch ' em with a Snap , As cleverly as th'ableft Trap . They were upon hard Duty ftill , And every Night flood Centinel , To guard the ...
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... En fit usage merveilleux , Pour deffiller de mauvais yeux , Les faifant voir la nuit entiere , Comme un hibou , qui craint lumiere . By help of thefe ( as he profeft ) He Cij CHANT I 58 Sçavant dans les intelligences, ...
... En fit usage merveilleux , Pour deffiller de mauvais yeux , Les faifant voir la nuit entiere , Comme un hibou , qui craint lumiere . By help of thefe ( as he profeft ) He Cij CHANT I 58 Sçavant dans les intelligences, ...
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Poëme Samuel Butler. By help of thefe ( as he profeft ) He had Firft Matter feen undreft : He took her naked all alone , Before one Rag of Form was on . The Chaos too he had defcry'd , And feen quite thro ' , or else he ly'd : Not that ...
Poëme Samuel Butler. By help of thefe ( as he profeft ) He had Firft Matter feen undreft : He took her naked all alone , Before one Rag of Form was on . The Chaos too he had defcry'd , And feen quite thro ' , or else he ly'd : Not that ...
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... em , And not know which iswhich , unless You measure by their Wickedness : For ' tis not hard t'imagine whether O'th ' two is worst , tho ' I name neither . La thefe que tu nous proposes , Peut être vraie 74 CANTO I.
... em , And not know which iswhich , unless You measure by their Wickedness : For ' tis not hard t'imagine whether O'th ' two is worst , tho ' I name neither . La thefe que tu nous proposes , Peut être vraie 74 CANTO I.
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... ou moins de péché , je pense , Feroit toute la différence ; Lequel des deux en a le plus , Je m'en doute bien , mais motus . Quoth Hudibras , Thou offer'ft much , But art not Dij CHANT I. 75 La thefe que tu nous proposes, ...
... ou moins de péché , je pense , Feroit toute la différence ; Lequel des deux en a le plus , Je m'en doute bien , mais motus . Quoth Hudibras , Thou offer'ft much , But art not Dij CHANT I. 75 La thefe que tu nous proposes, ...
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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...