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... steed , Before we further do proceed , It doth behove us to say something Of that which bore our valiant bumkin . The beast was sturdy , large , and tall , With mouth of meal , and eyes of wall ; I would say eye , for h ' had but one ...
... steed , Before we further do proceed , It doth behove us to say something Of that which bore our valiant bumkin . The beast was sturdy , large , and tall , With mouth of meal , and eyes of wall ; I would say eye , for h ' had but one ...
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... steed beheld . Mounted a pick back on the old , And fierce auxiliary men Who now began to take the field , As For as our modern wits behold , Much further off , much further he , Rais'd on his aged beast , could see ; Yet not sufficient ...
... steed beheld . Mounted a pick back on the old , And fierce auxiliary men Who now began to take the field , As For as our modern wits behold , Much further off , much further he , Rais'd on his aged beast , could see ; Yet not sufficient ...
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... steed , To fit himself for martial deed . Both kinds of metal he prepared , Either to give blows or to ward ; Courage and steel , both of great force , Prepar'd for better or for worse . His death - charg'd pistols he did fit well ...
... steed , To fit himself for martial deed . Both kinds of metal he prepared , Either to give blows or to ward ; Courage and steel , both of great force , Prepar'd for better or for worse . His death - charg'd pistols he did fit well ...
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... steed . It was a question whether he Or's horse were of a family More worshipful : ' till antiquaries ( After th ' had almost por❜d out their eyes ) Did very learnedly decide The bus'ness on the horse's side , And prov'd not only horse ...
... steed . It was a question whether he Or's horse were of a family More worshipful : ' till antiquaries ( After th ' had almost por❜d out their eyes ) Did very learnedly decide The bus'ness on the horse's side , And prov'd not only horse ...
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... steed of bones and leather Has broke his wind in halting hither ; How durst th ' , I say , adventure thus T ' oppose thy lumber against us ? Could thine impertinence find out No work t ' employ itself about , Where thou , secure from ...
... steed of bones and leather Has broke his wind in halting hither ; How durst th ' , I say , adventure thus T ' oppose thy lumber against us ? Could thine impertinence find out No work t ' employ itself about , Where thou , secure from ...
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Page 3 - 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 62 - The sun had long since, in the lap Of Thetis, taken out his nap, And, like a lobster boil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn...
Page 67 - He that imposes an oath makes it, Not he that for convenience takes it : Then how can any man be said To break an oath he never made ? These reasons may perhaps look oddly To th...
Page 14 - THERE was an ancient sage philosopher, That had read Alexander Ross over. And swore the world, as he could prove, Was made of fighting and of love ; Just so romances are, for what else Is in them all but love and battles? O' th' first of these w' have no great matter To treat of, but a world o' th' latter, In which to do the injur'd right, We mean, in what concerns just fight.
Page 3 - WHEN civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out they knew not why ; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears...
Page 74 - DOUBTLESS the pleasure is as great Of being cheated, as to cheat ; As lookers-on feel most delight That least perceive a juggler's sleight, And still, the less they understand, The more...
Page 56 - The sun and day shall sooner part Than love, or you, shake off my heart; The sun that shall no more dispense His own, but your bright influence. I'll carve your name on barks of trees...
Page 67 - t happen'd : In a town There liv'da cobbler, and but one, That out of doctrine could cut use, And mend mens lives, as well as shoes. This precious brother having slain, In times of peace an Indian, Not out of malice, but mere zeal, Because he was an infidel, The mighty Tottipottymoy Sent to our elders an envoy, Complaining sorely of the breach Of league, held forth by brother Patch, Against the articles in force Between both churches, his and ours ; For which he crav'd the saints to render Into his...
Page 4 - In Mathematics he was greater Than Tycho Brahe, or Erra Pater: For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of pots of ale; Resolve, by sines and tangents straight, If bread or butter wanted weight; And wisely tell what hour o' th' day The clock does strike, by Algebra.
Page 77 - To climb the wheel, but all in vain, His own weight brings him down again, And still he's in the self-same place Where at his setting out he was ; So in the circle of the arts, Did he advance his nat'ral parts, Till falling back still, for retreat, He fell to...