Hudibras, in Three Parts: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Volume 1Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1774 - 476 pages |
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... thee . The characters of this poem are for the most part obvious , even to the meanest pre- tenders to learning or history : nor can scarce any one be fo ignorant , as not to know , that the chief defign thereof is a fatire against ...
... thee . The characters of this poem are for the most part obvious , even to the meanest pre- tenders to learning or history : nor can scarce any one be fo ignorant , as not to know , that the chief defign thereof is a fatire against ...
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... thee no more . In western clime there is a town , To those that dwell therein well known . Therefore there needs no more be faid here , We unto them refer our reader ; For brevity is very good , When w'are , or are not understood . To ...
... thee no more . In western clime there is a town , To those that dwell therein well known . Therefore there needs no more be faid here , We unto them refer our reader ; For brevity is very good , When w'are , or are not understood . To ...
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... thee up from breaking loose ? No ale unlicens'd , broken hedge , For which thou ftatute mightft alledge , To keep thee bufy from foul evil , And fhame due to thee from the devil ? Did no commitee fit , where he Might cut out journey ...
... thee up from breaking loose ? No ale unlicens'd , broken hedge , For which thou ftatute mightft alledge , To keep thee bufy from foul evil , And fhame due to thee from the devil ? Did no commitee fit , where he Might cut out journey ...
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... thee proud , Because by bullock ne'er withstood ; Though arm'd with all thy cleavers , knives , And axes made to hew down lives , Shall fave or help thee to evade The hand of justice , or this blade , Which I , her fword bearer , do ...
... thee proud , Because by bullock ne'er withstood ; Though arm'd with all thy cleavers , knives , And axes made to hew down lives , Shall fave or help thee to evade The hand of justice , or this blade , Which I , her fword bearer , do ...
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... thee , thou whelp of fin , to fancy Thyfelf , and all that coward rabble , T'encounter us in battle able ? How durft th ' , I fay , oppofe thy curfhip ' Gainst arms , authority , and worship ? And Hudibras , or me provoké , Though all ...
... thee , thou whelp of fin , to fancy Thyfelf , and all that coward rabble , T'encounter us in battle able ? How durft th ' , I fay , oppofe thy curfhip ' Gainst arms , authority , and worship ? And Hudibras , or me provoké , Though all ...
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againſt agen arms b'ing bafely baſe beaft bear bear-baiting beard beaſt Becauſe Befide beft beſt blows bus'nefs cafe caft caufe cauſe Cerdon church confcience courſe Crowdero dame difpute dogs durance e'er elſe ev'ry fafe faid faints falfe fame faſt felf-fame fell fhall fhew fide fight fince firſt flain fome foul fquire ftill ftir ftout fuch fuffer fure fwear fword h'had himſelf honour horfe horſe houſe inſtead itſelf juſt juſtice knight laſt law of arms learned leaſt lefs Magnano miſtake moſt muſt ne'er o'er oath Orfin philofophers pleaſe pow'r Quoth fhe Quoth Hudibras Quoth Ralpho raiſe refolv'd ſay ſet ſhall ſhe ſhould Sidrophel ſome ſpeed ſquire ſtand ſtars ſtate ſteed ſtill ſtone ſtraight ſtrange ſword tail Talgol thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou Trulla turn'd twas underſtand underſtood us'd uſe Whachum whofe worfe worſe wound
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Page 4 - 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.
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Page 1 - 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...
Page 153 - 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 8 - 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 132 - To bid me not to love, Is to forbid my pulse to move, My beard to grow, my ears to prick up, Or (when I'm in a fit) to hickup.
Page 6 - He understood b' implicit faith : Whatever sceptic could inquire for, For every why he had a wherefore ; Knew more than forty of them do, As far as words and terms could go ; All which he understood by rote, And, as occasion serv'd, would quote ; No matter whether right or wrong, They might be either said or sung.
Page 2 - t has been held by many, that As Montaigne, playing with his cat, Complains she thought him but an ass, Much more she would Sir Hudibras.
Page 16 - This sword a dagger had, his page, That was but little for his age...
Page 22 - He took her naked, all alone, Before one rag of form was on. The Chaos, too, he had descried, And seen quite through, or else he lied; Not that of pasteboard, which men show For groats, at fair of Barthol'mew, But its great grandsire, first o...