The British Poets, Volume 1Little, Brown & Company, 1866 |
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... hast never given us a victory this long while , for all our fre- quent fasting . What dost thou mean , O Lord , to fling into a ditch , and there to leave us ? " And one Robinson , in his prayer at Southampton , Aug. 25 , 1642 ...
... hast never given us a victory this long while , for all our fre- quent fasting . What dost thou mean , O Lord , to fling into a ditch , and there to leave us ? " And one Robinson , in his prayer at Southampton , Aug. 25 , 1642 ...
Page 73
... art us'd to be , Or sent th ' on bus'ness any whither , So he had never brought thee hither : But if th ' hast brain enough in scull VOL . I. 9 725 730 To keep itself in lodging whole , And not provoke PART I. CANTO II . 73.
... art us'd to be , Or sent th ' on bus'ness any whither , So he had never brought thee hither : But if th ' hast brain enough in scull VOL . I. 9 725 730 To keep itself in lodging whole , And not provoke PART I. CANTO II . 73.
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... hast from their native place , Thy stomach , pump'd to fling on me , Go unreveng'd , though I am free ; 755 760 Thou down the same throat shalt devour ' em , 765 Like tainted beef , and pay dear for ' em : Nor shall it e'er be said that ...
... hast from their native place , Thy stomach , pump'd to fling on me , Go unreveng'd , though I am free ; 755 760 Thou down the same throat shalt devour ' em , 765 Like tainted beef , and pay dear for ' em : Nor shall it e'er be said that ...
Page 100
... hast no thought of me , Nor what I have endured for thee , Yet shame and honour might prevail To keep thee thus from turning tail : For who would grutch to spend his blood in His honour's cause ? Quoth she , A puddin . This said , his ...
... hast no thought of me , Nor what I have endured for thee , Yet shame and honour might prevail To keep thee thus from turning tail : For who would grutch to spend his blood in His honour's cause ? Quoth she , A puddin . This said , his ...
Page 102
... hast Great reason to do as thou say'st , And so has ev'ry body here , As well as thou hast , or thy Bear : Others may do as they see good ; But if this twig be made of wood That will hold tack , I'll make the fur Fly ' bout the ears of ...
... hast Great reason to do as thou say'st , And so has ev'ry body here , As well as thou hast , or thy Bear : Others may do as they see good ; But if this twig be made of wood That will hold tack , I'll make the fur Fly ' bout the ears of ...
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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...