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... Whether the Serpent , at the Fall , Had cloven feet , or none at all : All this , without a glofs or comment , He could unriddle in a moment , In proper terms , such as men smatter When they throw out and miss the matter .
... Whether the Serpent , at the Fall , Had cloven feet , or none at all : All this , without a glofs or comment , He could unriddle in a moment , In proper terms , such as men smatter When they throw out and miss the matter .
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... In falling out with that or this , And finding somewhat still amiss ; More peevish , cross , and splenetick , Than dog distract , or monkey sick ; That with more care keep holy - day The wrong , than others the right way ; Compound ...
... In falling out with that or this , And finding somewhat still amiss ; More peevish , cross , and splenetick , Than dog distract , or monkey sick ; That with more care keep holy - day The wrong , than others the right way ; Compound ...
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The hairy meteor did denounce The fall of sceptres and of crowns ; With grifly type did represent Declining age of government , And tell , with hieroglyphic spade , Its own grave and the State's were made : Like Samson's heart ...
The hairy meteor did denounce The fall of sceptres and of crowns ; With grifly type did represent Declining age of government , And tell , with hieroglyphic spade , Its own grave and the State's were made : Like Samson's heart ...
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... Twas to submit to fatal steel , And fall , as it was consecrate , A facrifice to fall of state , Whose thread of life the Fatal Sisters Did twist together with its whiskers , And twine so close , that Time should never , In life or ...
... Twas to submit to fatal steel , And fall , as it was consecrate , A facrifice to fall of state , Whose thread of life the Fatal Sisters Did twist together with its whiskers , And twine so close , that Time should never , In life or ...
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Tis a dark - lantern of the Spirit , 505 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 ...
Tis a dark - lantern of the Spirit , 505 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 ...
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Page 8 - 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...
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Page 13 - 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...
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Page 104 - Have these bones rattled, and this head So often in thy quarrel bled ? Nor did I ever winch or grudge it For thy dear sake.' Quoth she, ' Mum budget.' ' Think'st thou 'twill not be laid i' th' dish Thou turn'dst thy back ?' Quoth Echo,
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| Title | The Works of the English Poets: Butler Volume 6 of The Works of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volume 6 of The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Henry Hughs |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | H. Hughs, 1779 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Oct 2005 |
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