Hudibras: In Three Parts, Volume 1T. Bensley, 1801 |
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Page 76
... quoth he , this is God's caufe , and if our God hath any cause , this is it ; and if this be not God's caufe , then God is no God for me ; but the devil is got up into heaven . " Mr. Calamy , in his fpeech at Guildhall , 1643 , fee L ...
... quoth he , this is God's caufe , and if our God hath any cause , this is it ; and if this be not God's caufe , then God is no God for me ; but the devil is got up into heaven . " Mr. Calamy , in his fpeech at Guildhall , 1643 , fee L ...
Page 85
... quoth Ralpho , verily The point seems very plain to me : It is an Antichriftian game , Unlawful both in thing and name . fubject to fix years excommunication who carry about bears , or fuch like creatures , for fport , to the hurt of ...
... quoth Ralpho , verily The point seems very plain to me : It is an Antichriftian game , Unlawful both in thing and name . fubject to fix years excommunication who carry about bears , or fuch like creatures , for fport , to the hurt of ...
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... Quoth Hudibras , I fmell a rat ; Ralpho , thou dost prevaricate ; For though the thefis which thou lay'st Be true ad amuffim , as thou fay'st ; v . 811. A vile affembly ' tis , & c . ] Meaning the Affembly of Di- vines , compofed ...
... Quoth Hudibras , I fmell a rat ; Ralpho , thou dost prevaricate ; For though the thefis which thou lay'st Be true ad amuffim , as thou fay'st ; v . 811. A vile affembly ' tis , & c . ] Meaning the Affembly of Di- vines , compofed ...
Page 88
... ( quoth Ralpho ) do not doubt But bear - baiting may be made out In gospel times , as lawful as is Provincial or parochial claffis ; And that both are fo near of kin , 840 And like in all , as well as sin , That put ' em in a bag , and ...
... ( quoth Ralpho ) do not doubt But bear - baiting may be made out In gospel times , as lawful as is Provincial or parochial claffis ; And that both are fo near of kin , 840 And like in all , as well as sin , That put ' em in a bag , and ...
Page 89
... Quoth Hudibras , thou offer'ft much , But art not able to keep touch . Mira de lente , as ' tis i ' th ' adage , 850 Id eft , to make a leek a cabbage ; Thou wilt at best but fuck a bull , Or fheer fwine , all cry and no wool : For what ...
... Quoth Hudibras , thou offer'ft much , But art not able to keep touch . Mira de lente , as ' tis i ' th ' adage , 850 Id eft , to make a leek a cabbage ; Thou wilt at best but fuck a bull , Or fheer fwine , all cry and no wool : For what ...
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2d edit Æneid Affembly againſt Alluding anſwer bear bear-baiting beard becauſe beſt Butler cafe called Canto caufe cauſe Cerdon chap Chimæra church confcience Dæmon Don Quixote editions of 1664 Engliſh entitled faid faints fame fatire fays feems fent feven fhall fide fight fince firft firſt flain foldiers fome foon fpirits ftan ftand ftory fuch fwear fword Gondibert Hift Hiftory Hiftory of Independency himſelf honour horfe horſe houſe Hudibras Iliad inftance John Birkenhead juft juftice juſt King Knight laft laſt learned Lord Lord Clarendon's minifters moft moſt muſt oath obferves occafion Ovid Parliament perfons philofophers pleaſe poem poet Prefbyterians Prince purpoſe raiſe Ralpho reaſon ſay ſee ſhall ſhe ſhould Siculi ſome ſpeak Squire ſtill ſuch Tatler thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou tranflated Twas uſe verſe whofe whoſe words
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Page 12 - For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth but out there flew a trope ; And when he happened to break off I...
Page 282 - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school: and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used ; and, contrary to the king, his crown, and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill.
Page 11 - twixt south, and south-west side, On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute. 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. He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination. All this by syllogism, true In mood and figure, he would do.
Page 336 - But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks! It is the east, and Juliet is the sun ! — Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief, That thou her maid art far more fair than she...
Page 98 - ... whether of brass or marble, as a kind of satire upon the departed persons ; who had left no other memorial of them but that they were born and that they died. They put me in mind of several persons mentioned in the battles of heroic poems, who have sounding names given them, for no other reason but that they may be killed, and are celebrated for nothing but being knocked on the head. The life of these men is finely described in holy writ by "the path of an arrow," which is immediately closed...
Page 8 - 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 206 - Hark! a glad voice the lonely desert cheers: Prepare the way! a God, a God appears! A God, a God! the vocal hills reply, The rocks proclaim th
Page 295 - Of hailstones big as pullets' eggs, And puppies whelp'd with twice two legs ; A blazing-star seen in the west, By six or seven men at least. 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 26 - 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 18 - 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.