Hudibras,: poëme de Samuel Butler,Chez Jombert, 1819 |
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... turn his amorous suit Ta plea in law , and prosecute : Repairs to counsel , to advise ' Bout managing the enterprise ; But first resolves to try by letter , And one more fair address , to get her . CANTO VIII . WHO would believe what ...
... turn his amorous suit Ta plea in law , and prosecute : Repairs to counsel , to advise ' Bout managing the enterprise ; But first resolves to try by letter , And one more fair address , to get her . CANTO VIII . WHO would believe what ...
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... the bravest daunt , And turn poltroons as valiant : For men as resolute appear With too much as too little fear ; And when they're out of hopes of flying , Comme sans graine la fougère ( 2 ) Prend croissance 4 HUDIBRAS .
... the bravest daunt , And turn poltroons as valiant : For men as resolute appear With too much as too little fear ; And when they're out of hopes of flying , Comme sans graine la fougère ( 2 ) Prend croissance 4 HUDIBRAS .
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... elle ôte la valeur Et redonne au poltron du cœur ; Trop ou trop peu de crainte cause Sur le courage même chose ; Car qui perd tout espoir de fuir , Fuyant de la mort , peut mourir , Will run away from death by dying ; Or turn CHANT VIII .
... elle ôte la valeur Et redonne au poltron du cœur ; Trop ou trop peu de crainte cause Sur le courage même chose ; Car qui perd tout espoir de fuir , Fuyant de la mort , peut mourir , Will run away from death by dying ; Or turn CHANT VIII .
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... turn again to stand it out , And those they fled , like lions , rout . This Hudibras had prov'd too true , Who , by the furies left perdue , And haunted with detachments , sent From Marshal Legion's regiment , Was by a fiend , as ...
... turn again to stand it out , And those they fled , like lions , rout . This Hudibras had prov'd too true , Who , by the furies left perdue , And haunted with detachments , sent From Marshal Legion's regiment , Was by a fiend , as ...
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... turn'd itself to Ralpho's shape ; So like in person , garb , and pitch , ' Twas hard t ' interpret which was which . For Ralpho had no sooner told The Lady all he had t ' unfold , But she convey'd him out of sight , To entertain th ...
... turn'd itself to Ralpho's shape ; So like in person , garb , and pitch , ' Twas hard t ' interpret which was which . For Ralpho had no sooner told The Lady all he had t ' unfold , But she convey'd him out of sight , To entertain th ...
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affaire another's appear beast began best better blood bring Butler Byfield cause chevalier chose church cinquième monarchie comte de Shaftesbury conscience course covenant Cromwell croupion dame devil diable draw e'er ears ev'ry eyes false fast and loose fear feats fierce fight find first forc'd force found gain'd gens give good good old cause grace great hand Holburn Hudibras interest keep Knight Knightsbridge l'armée l'église least left less Lilburn lord lord protecteur love made make mean Meroz mighty ne'er never o'er oaths once oreilles outward parlement Pictes play pow'r presbyter presbytériens prov'd providence quoth rabble Ralph reduc'd restore rétablissement Richard Cromwell right rump saints secte sense serment share side Sidrophel sooner sots soul spite of all state swear take their there's things time Tis true took tricks turn turn'd twas us'd voulaient Whittington wise word world worse
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Page 22 - This stratagem t' amuse our foes; 240 To make an honourable retreat, And wave a total sure defeat : For those that fly may fight again, Which he can never do that's slain.
Page 174 - But still his tongue ran on, the less Of weight it bore, with greater ease ; And, with its everlasting clack, Set all men's ears upon the rack.
Page 170 - O' th' compass in their bones and joints, Can by their pangs and aches find All turns and changes of the wind, And better than by Napier's bones Feel in their own the age of moons...
Page 56 - And for his false opinion pay : To whom the Knight, with comely grace, Put off his hat, to put his case ; Which he as proudly entertain'd As th...
Page 48 - He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still, Which he may adhere to, yet disown, For reasons to himself best known...
Page 32 - tis not now, who's stout and bold ; But who bears hunger best and cold ; And he's approv'd the most deserving, Who longest can hold out at starving : And he that routs most pigs and cows, The formidablest man of prowess. So th...
Page 166 - Mong these there was a politician, With more heads than a beast in vision, And more intrigues in every one Than all the whores of Babylon : So politic, as if one eye Upon the other were a spy, That, to trepan the one to think The other blind, both strove to blink: And in his dark pragmatic way As busy as a child at play. H...
Page 60 - not to flatter ye, You have as good and fair a battery As heart can wish, and need not shame The proudest man alive to claim...
Page 178 - As coins are harden'd by the' allay : And obstinacy's ne'er so stiff, As when 'tis in a wrong belief.
Page 66 - And make an artist understand To copy out her seal, or hand ; Or find void places in the paper To steal in something to entrap her ; Till with her worldly goods, and body, Spite of her heart, she has endow'd ye : Retain all sorts of witnesses, That ply i' th' Temple, under trees, Or walk the round, with Knights o...