Hudibras, Parts 2-3Macmillan and Company, 1883 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 18
Page 61
... mathematics , Optics , philosophy , and statics , Magic , horoscopy , astrology , And was old dog at physiology ; But as a dog that turns the spit 210 Bestirs himself , and plies his feet To climb the wheel , but all in vain , His own ...
... mathematics , Optics , philosophy , and statics , Magic , horoscopy , astrology , And was old dog at physiology ; But as a dog that turns the spit 210 Bestirs himself , and plies his feet To climb the wheel , but all in vain , His own ...
Page 208
... mathematicians ; 475 The Galenist , and Paracelsian , Condemn the way each other deals in ; Anatomists dissect and mangle , To cut themselves out work to wrangle ; Astrologers dispute their dreams , 480 That in their sleeps they talk of ...
... mathematicians ; 475 The Galenist , and Paracelsian , Condemn the way each other deals in ; Anatomists dissect and mangle , To cut themselves out work to wrangle ; Astrologers dispute their dreams , 480 That in their sleeps they talk of ...
Page 279
... mathematical and other works , few of which were ever actually published , he wrote a Preface to Euclid . 237. Kelly . Cf. 1. 163 , and note . 238. Lascus . This is the Prince Laski of the note above . 240. almanac well - willer . The ...
... mathematical and other works , few of which were ever actually published , he wrote a Preface to Euclid . 237. Kelly . Cf. 1. 163 , and note . 238. Lascus . This is the Prince Laski of the note above . 240. almanac well - willer . The ...
Page 287
... mathematics , and to him is attributed the dis- covery of the musical chords , he having accidentally noticed hammers of different weights striking an anvil and producing different sounds . This latter story has the drawback that ...
... mathematics , and to him is attributed the dis- covery of the musical chords , he having accidentally noticed hammers of different weights striking an anvil and producing different sounds . This latter story has the drawback that ...
Page 297
... mathematical problem . ' Chasing the wily x . ' 80. find woodcocks by their eyes . The gleam of the eye betrays the bird to the fowler . Cf.- ' Then as I careless on the bed Of gelid strawberries do tread , And through the hazels thick ...
... mathematical problem . ' Chasing the wily x . ' 80. find woodcocks by their eyes . The gleam of the eye betrays the bird to the fowler . Cf.- ' Then as I careless on the bed Of gelid strawberries do tread , And through the hazels thick ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
alluded allusion ancient Assistant-Master beard beast BOOK Butler Cambridge cause cheat church Classical Clifton College conscience course covenant Crown 8vo devil ears Edited by Rev English EPISTLE Eton College Extra fcap false feats Fellow of St Fellow of Trinity French Globe 8vo GRAMMAR Greek hang heaven HISTORY honour Introduction and Notes J. P. MAHAFFY J. P. POSTGATE JOHN John of Leyden John's College king knight ladies late Fellow LATIN Lecturer LL.D London lover MACMILLAN'S EDUCATIONAL CATALOGUE Maps Master Mathematics moon Napier's bones Nature Series ne'er numerous Illustrations o'er oath Owens College Oxford PHILOSOPHY preparation PRIMER Professor prove Quoth Hudibras Ralpho rump saints School Self-Denying Ordinance SHAKSPEARE Sidrophel Skimmington soul squire swear things thou Translated trepan tricks Trinity College true turn twas University University of Glasgow Whachum witches word worse δὲ καὶ
Popular passages
Page 312 - But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread: Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said: But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.
Page 253 - THAT which her slender waist confined, Shall now my joyful temples bind; No monarch but would give his crown His arms might do what this has done. It was my Heaven's extremest sphere, The pale which held that lovely deer; My joy, my grief, my hope, my love, Did all within this circle move. A narrow compass! and yet there Dwelt all that's good, and all that's fair; Give me but what this ribband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round.
Page 297 - Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Page 322 - Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.
Page 69 - WILSON— THE BIBLE STUDENT'S GUIDE to the more Correct Understanding of the English Translation of the Old Testament, by reference to the original Hebrew. By WILLIAM WILSON, DD, Canon of Winchester, late Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford. Second Edition, carefully revised. 410. cloth. 25*. YONGE (CHARLOTTE M.)— SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES. By CHARLOTTE M. YONGE, Author of "The Heir of Redclyffe.
Page 19 - THE SEVEN KINGS OF ROME. An Easy Narrative, abridged from the First Book of Livy by the omission of Difficult Passages; being a First Latin Reading Book, with Grammatical Notes and Vocabulary.
Page 24 - Prize Essay for 1877. 8vC. &r. 6d. SMITH— Works by the Rev. BARNARD SMITH, MA, Rector of Glaston, Rutland, late Fellow and Senior Bursar of St. Peter's College, Cambridge. ARITHMETIC AND ALGEBRA, in their Principles and Application ; with numerous systematically arranged Examples taken from the Cambridge Examination Papers, with especial reference to the Ordinary Examination for the BA Degree.
Page 53 - Bound in extra cloth, 4s. 6d. ; morocco plain, 7s. 6d. • morocco extra, 10s. 6d. each volume. The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language. Selected and arranged, with Notes, by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE.
Page 56 - HISTORICAL OUTLINES OF ENGLISH ACCIDENCE, comprising Chapters on the History and Development of the Language, and on Word-formation. New Edition.
Page 307 - With stories told of many a feat, How fairy Mab the junkets eat. She was pinched and pulled, she said ; And he, by Friar's lantern led, Tells how the drudging goblin sweat To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down, the lubber fiend...