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Page xi
... called The Second Part of Hudibras , which is re- flected upon by our author , under the cha- racter of Whacum , towards the latter end of his Second Part . Afterwards came out the * Dutch and Scotch Hudibras , Butler's Ghost , the ...
... called The Second Part of Hudibras , which is re- flected upon by our author , under the cha- racter of Whacum , towards the latter end of his Second Part . Afterwards came out the * Dutch and Scotch Hudibras , Butler's Ghost , the ...
Page xxiv
... called , because they maintained that every congregation was a complete church within itself , and ought to have no dependency as to matters relating to religion on any other affembly , claffical , pro- vincial , or national , nor on ...
... called , because they maintained that every congregation was a complete church within itself , and ought to have no dependency as to matters relating to religion on any other affembly , claffical , pro- vincial , or national , nor on ...
Page xxx
... called Independents . However , the names are now promifcuously used by others , and they are called indifferently by either of those For though many of them are now ordained after the Prefbyterian way , by im- pofition of the hands of ...
... called Independents . However , the names are now promifcuously used by others , and they are called indifferently by either of those For though many of them are now ordained after the Prefbyterian way , by im- pofition of the hands of ...
Page xxxiii
... called by the Par- liament , to affift and advise them in the refor- mation of religion , in the year 1643 , and con- tinued to fit fo long as the Prefbyterians ' power prevailed . This Affembly of Divines , as it was called , confifted ...
... called by the Par- liament , to affift and advise them in the refor- mation of religion , in the year 1643 , and con- tinued to fit fo long as the Prefbyterians ' power prevailed . This Affembly of Divines , as it was called , confifted ...
Page xl
... ( called Carmen Jo- culare by the Latins ) , rendered it fo extremely difficult to make it intelligible in another tongue . ( See Dedication to an edition of But- ler's pofthumous Works . ) However , he is still the unrivalled darling of ...
... ( called Carmen Jo- culare by the Latins ) , rendered it fo extremely difficult to make it intelligible in another tongue . ( See Dedication to an edition of But- ler's pofthumous Works . ) However , he is still the unrivalled darling of ...
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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.