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When Hudibras , whom thoughts and aking ' Twixt fleeping kept all night , and waking , Began to rub his droufie Eyes , And from his Couch prepar'd to rife ; Refolving to dispatch the Deed He vow'd to do with trufty fpeed .
When Hudibras , whom thoughts and aking ' Twixt fleeping kept all night , and waking , Began to rub his droufie Eyes , And from his Couch prepar'd to rife ; Refolving to dispatch the Deed He vow'd to do with trufty fpeed .
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Hudibras ...: Written in the Time of the Late Wars |
| Author | Samuel Butler |
| Publisher | E.P., 1704 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 13 Jul 2007 |
| Length | 587 pages |
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