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... wound And ftab herself with doubts profound , Only to fhew with how small pain The fores of Faith are cur'd again ; Although by woful proof we find They always leave a scar behind . He knew the feat of Paradise , Could tell in what ...
... wound And ftab herself with doubts profound , Only to fhew with how small pain The fores of Faith are cur'd again ; Although by woful proof we find They always leave a scar behind . He knew the feat of Paradise , Could tell in what ...
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... wound a Fiddler : we have both Of these the objects of our worth , And equal fame and glory from Th ' attempt or victory to come . ' Tis sung there is a valiant Mamaluke , 895 900 In foreign land , yclep'd- To whom we have been oft ...
... wound a Fiddler : we have both Of these the objects of our worth , And equal fame and glory from Th ' attempt or victory to come . ' Tis sung there is a valiant Mamaluke , 895 900 In foreign land , yclep'd- To whom we have been oft ...
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... wounds do heal , But men with hands , as thou fhalt feel . This faid , with hafty rage he fnatch'd 775 His gunshot , that in hoftlers watch'd , And bending cock , he levell'd full Againft th ' outside of Talgol's fcull , Vowing that he ...
... wounds do heal , But men with hands , as thou fhalt feel . This faid , with hafty rage he fnatch'd 775 His gunshot , that in hoftlers watch'd , And bending cock , he levell'd full Againft th ' outside of Talgol's fcull , Vowing that he ...
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... wound upon His mortal foe , the truncheon : The trufty cudgel did oppofe Itfelf against dead - doing blows , To guard his leader from fell bane , And then reveng'd itself again . And though the fword ( fomc understood ) In force had ...
... wound upon His mortal foe , the truncheon : The trufty cudgel did oppofe Itfelf against dead - doing blows , To guard his leader from fell bane , And then reveng'd itself again . And though the fword ( fomc understood ) In force had ...
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... wounds and bruifes honour more . And now both knights were out of breath , Tir'd in the hot purfuits of death , Whilft all the reft amaz'd stood still , Expecting which should take , or kill . This Hudibras obferv'd ; and fretting ...
... wounds and bruifes honour more . And now both knights were out of breath , Tir'd in the hot purfuits of death , Whilft all the reft amaz'd stood still , Expecting which should take , or kill . This Hudibras obferv'd ; and fretting ...
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Page 22 - 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 talk'd like other folk ; For all a rhetorician's rules Teach nothing but to name his tools.
Page 22 - 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 19 - 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, And made them fight, like mad or drunk, For Dame Religion, as for punk...
Page 130 - Have you not power to entertain, And render love for love again ? As no man can draw in his breath, At once, and force out air beneath.
Page 20 - 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.
Page 124 - Two trumpets she does sound at once, But both of clean contrary tones ; But whether both with the same wind, Or one before, and one behind, We know not, only this can tell, The one sounds vilely, th' other well, And therefore vulgar authors name Th' one Good, th
Page 128 - Some have been beaten till they know What wood a cudgel's of, by th' blow : Some kick'd, until they can feel whether A shoe be Spanish or neat's leather ; And yet have met, after long running, With some whom they have taught that cunning.
Page 38 - And tell what crisis does divine The rot in sheep, or mange in swine ; In men, what gives or cures the itch, What makes them cuckolds, poor or rich ; What gains or loses, hangs or saves ; What makes men great, what fools or knaves : But not what wise, for only...
Page 158 - Into his hands, or hang th' offender : But they maturely having weigh'd, They had no more but him o...
Page 107 - But cannot blur my lost renown : I am not now in Fortune's power, He that is down can fall no lower. The ancient heroes were illustrious For being benign, and not blustrous Against a vanquish'd foe ; their swords Were sharp and trenchant, not their words ; And did in fight but cut work out T' employ their courtesies about.