Hudibras: In Three Parts. Written in the Time of the Civil Wars. By Samuel Butler, EsqB. Long, and T. Pridden, 1773 - 382 страници |
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... thought poets , have only rendered them- felves obnoxious to that fatirical inspiration our Author wittily invokes , Which made them , tho ' it were in spite Of Nature , and their stars , to write . On the other fide , fome who have had ...
... thought poets , have only rendered them- felves obnoxious to that fatirical inspiration our Author wittily invokes , Which made them , tho ' it were in spite Of Nature , and their stars , to write . On the other fide , fome who have had ...
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... thought him but an ass , Much more she would Sir Hudibras , ( For that's the name our valiant Knight To all his challenges did write . ) 20 25 * ૩૦ 35 40 But they're mistaken very much , ' Tis plain enough 18 H U DIBRA S. Part I.
... thought him but an ass , Much more she would Sir Hudibras , ( For that's the name our valiant Knight To all his challenges did write . ) 20 25 * ૩૦ 35 40 But they're mistaken very much , ' Tis plain enough 18 H U DIBRA S. Part I.
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... thought good , To fave th ' expence of Chriftian blood , if we , by mediation And try Of treaty and accommodation , Can end the quarrel , and compofe The bloody duel without blows . Are not our liberties , our lives , The laws ...
... thought good , To fave th ' expence of Chriftian blood , if we , by mediation And try Of treaty and accommodation , Can end the quarrel , and compofe The bloody duel without blows . Are not our liberties , our lives , The laws ...
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... thought the Cause had need on't , Happy was he that could get rid on't . Did they coin pifs - pots , bowls , and flaggons , 565 Int ' officers of horse and dragoons ; And into pikes and mufqueteers Stamp beakers , cups , and porringers ...
... thought the Cause had need on't , Happy was he that could get rid on't . Did they coin pifs - pots , bowls , and flaggons , 565 Int ' officers of horse and dragoons ; And into pikes and mufqueteers Stamp beakers , cups , and porringers ...
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... thought h ' had won The field , as certain as a gun , And having routed the whole troop , With victory was cock - a - hoop , Thinking h ' had done enough to purchase Thanksgiving - day among the Churches ; Wherein his mettle and brave ...
... thought h ' had won The field , as certain as a gun , And having routed the whole troop , With victory was cock - a - hoop , Thinking h ' had done enough to purchase Thanksgiving - day among the Churches ; Wherein his mettle and brave ...
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Страница 20 - 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...
Страница 23 - 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...
Страница 26 - Upon his shoulders through the fire, Our Knight did bear no less a pack Of his own buttocks on his back : Which now had almost got the upperHand of his head for want of crupper : To poise this equally, he bore A paunch of the same bulk before...
Страница 17 - Th' adventure of the bear and fiddle Is sung, but breaks off in the middle. When civil fury first grew high, And men fell out, they knew not why; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears...
Страница 31 - We shall not need to say what lack Of leather was upon his back ; For that was hidden under pad, And breech of Knight gall'd full as bad: His strutting ribs on both sides...
Страница 19 - 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.
Страница 271 - What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that which was proved true before, Prove false again? Two hundred more.
Страница 27 - To old king Harry so well known, Some writers held they were his own. Through they were lin'd with many a piece Of ammunition bread and cheese, And fat black-puddings, proper food...
Страница 138 - To sum up this long rigmarole, I have, dear B , what you no doubt perceive, for the metaphysical poets, as poets, the most sovereign contempt. That they have followers proves nothing — No Indian prince has to his palace More followers than a thief to the gallows.
Страница 18 - 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.