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Page xxiii
... play of fancy . It may be observed that the defects and merits of this work are prac- tically made known by the manner in which it is read . Its want of story and incident seldom per- mits a continued perusal ; while the abundance of ...
... play of fancy . It may be observed that the defects and merits of this work are prac- tically made known by the manner in which it is read . Its want of story and incident seldom per- mits a continued perusal ; while the abundance of ...
Page xxx
... play always tells . Many of his happiest sallies appear to escape him as if by accident . Many of his hardest hits appear to be merely chance - blows . A de- scription of a bear - ward brings in a sneer at Sir K. Digby , and his powder ...
... play always tells . Many of his happiest sallies appear to escape him as if by accident . Many of his hardest hits appear to be merely chance - blows . A de- scription of a bear - ward brings in a sneer at Sir K. Digby , and his powder ...
Page xxxiii
... play at cards , or hide a shilling for the reckoning . Astrology , however , against which so much of the satire is directed , was not more the folly of the Puritans than of others ; it had in that time a very extensive dominion ; its ...
... play at cards , or hide a shilling for the reckoning . Astrology , however , against which so much of the satire is directed , was not more the folly of the Puritans than of others ; it had in that time a very extensive dominion ; its ...
Page xxxvi
pect , lays down his book , as the spectator turns away from a second exhibition of those tricks , of which the only use is to show they can be played . " NOTES . Page ix . On Sir Samuel Luke being xxxvi LIFE OF BUTLER .
pect , lays down his book , as the spectator turns away from a second exhibition of those tricks , of which the only use is to show they can be played . " NOTES . Page ix . On Sir Samuel Luke being xxxvi LIFE OF BUTLER .
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... play Religion ever pav'd the way ; Which he did to a Faction tie , Not to reforme but crucifie . " Twas he that first alarm'd the Kirke To this prepost'rous bloody worke , Upon the King's to place Christ's throne , A step and foot ...
... play Religion ever pav'd the way ; Which he did to a Faction tie , Not to reforme but crucifie . " Twas he that first alarm'd the Kirke To this prepost'rous bloody worke , Upon the King's to place Christ's throne , A step and foot ...
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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...