The British Poets, Volume 1Little, Brown & Company, 1866 |
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Page xi
... Grace to name a day , when he might introduce that modest and unfortunate poet to his new pa- tron . At last an appointment was made , and the place of meeting was agreed to be the Roebuck . Mr. Butler and his friend attended ...
... Grace to name a day , when he might introduce that modest and unfortunate poet to his new pa- tron . At last an appointment was made , and the place of meeting was agreed to be the Roebuck . Mr. Butler and his friend attended ...
Page xxvii
... grace of novelty and credi- bility , and delight fancy without violence to reason . Perhaps the dialogue of this poem is not perfect . Some power of engaging attention might have been added to it , by quicker reciprocation , by ...
... grace of novelty and credi- bility , and delight fancy without violence to reason . Perhaps the dialogue of this poem is not perfect . Some power of engaging attention might have been added to it , by quicker reciprocation , by ...
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... grace Both of his wisdom and his face ; In cut and die so like a tile , A sudden view it would beguile ; The upper part whereof was whey , The nether orange , mix'd with grey . 245 V. 235 , 236. Dr. Bruno Ryves gives a remarkable ...
... grace Both of his wisdom and his face ; In cut and die so like a tile , A sudden view it would beguile ; The upper part whereof was whey , The nether orange , mix'd with grey . 245 V. 235 , 236. Dr. Bruno Ryves gives a remarkable ...
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... grace when statesmen straight Dispatch a friend , let others wait . His warped ear hung o'er the strings , Which was but souse to chitterlings ; 105 110 115 120 For guts , some write , ere they are sodden , V. 101 , 102. Var . But with ...
... grace when statesmen straight Dispatch a friend , let others wait . His warped ear hung o'er the strings , Which was but souse to chitterlings ; 105 110 115 120 For guts , some write , ere they are sodden , V. 101 , 102. Var . But with ...
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... grace , 395 And rather took a country lass ; They say ' tis false without all sense , But of pernicious consequence To government , which they suppose Can never be upheld in prose ; 400 Strip Nature naked to the skin , You'll find about ...
... grace , 395 And rather took a country lass ; They say ' tis false without all sense , But of pernicious consequence To government , which they suppose Can never be upheld in prose ; 400 Strip Nature naked to the skin , You'll find about ...
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agen ancient appear arms astrologer b'ing Bear Bear-baiting beard beast beat blood blows break breech broke bus'ness Butler CANTO Carisbrook Castle cause Cerdon cheat Church conscience Countess of Kent Crowdero Dame devil dogs e'er ears enemy ev'ry eyes false fell Fiddle fight fortune give grace hand head heart honour horse Hudibrastic King knew Knight ladies laid law of arms learned Lord lover Magnano moon ne'er never numbers o'er oaths Orsin Paul Neal poem poets pow'r Presbyterians prov'd prove quarter Quoth Hudibras Quoth Ralpho rage rais'd resolv'd Saints SAMUEL BUTLER self-same serv'd Sidrophel Skimmington soul specieses Squire stars steed stout swear sword swore tail Talgol tell thee things thou hast thought tricks true Trulla turn turn'd twas us'd vow'd Whachum William Lilly witches words worse wound
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Page 14 - A sect, whose chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies ; In falling out with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss ; More peevish, cross, and splenetic, Than dog distract or monkey sick...
Page 138 - 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 25 - Still they are sure to be i' th' right. 'Tis a dark-lanthorn of the spirit, Which none see by but those that bear it ; A light that falls down from on high, For spiritual trades to cozen by ; An ignis fatuus that bewitches And leads men into pools and ditches, To make them dip themselves, and sound For Christendom in dirty pond ; To dive, like wild-fowl, for salvation, And fish to catch regeneration.
Page 5 - And styled of war as well as peace. (So some rats of amphibious nature Are either for the land or water.) But here our authors make a doubt Whether he were more wise or stout.
Page 7 - He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination : All this by syllogism true, In mood and figure he would do. For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope : And when he happen'd to break off I' th" middle of his speech, or cough, H...
Page xvi - While Butler, needy- wretch, was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give; See him, when starved to death and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust. The poet's fate is here in emblem shown, He ask'd for bread, and he received a stone.
Page 7 - 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.
Page 17 - So learned Taliacotius', from The brawny part of porter's bum, Cut supplemental noses, which Would last as long as parent breech, But when the date of Nock was out, Off dropt the sympathetic snout.
Page 12 - For his religion it was fit To match his learning and his wit: 'Twas Presbyterian true blue, For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true Church Militant...
Page 3 - When civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out they knew not why? When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears...