Hudibras,: poëme de Samuel Butler,Chez Jombert, 1819 |
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... Your bosom friends , as you suppose ; But Ralph himself , your trusty Squire , Wh ' has dragg'd your Donship out o ' th ' mire , And from th ' enchantments of a widow , Wh ' had turn'd you int ' a beast , have freed you ; And , though a ...
... Your bosom friends , as you suppose ; But Ralph himself , your trusty Squire , Wh ' has dragg'd your Donship out o ' th ' mire , And from th ' enchantments of a widow , Wh ' had turn'd you int ' a beast , have freed you ; And , though a ...
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... your feats , Your conscientious frauds and cheats ; Deny'd your whipping , and confess'd The naked truth of all the rest , More plainly than the rev'rend writer , That to our churches veil'd his mitre ; All which they took in black and ...
... your feats , Your conscientious frauds and cheats ; Deny'd your whipping , and confess'd The naked truth of all the rest , More plainly than the rev'rend writer , That to our churches veil'd his mitre ; All which they took in black and ...
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... your constant rate And frame of sp'rit too obstinate To be by me prevail'd upon With any motives of my own ; And therefore strove to counterfeit The dev'l a while , to nick your wit ; The devil , that is your constant crony , That only ...
... your constant rate And frame of sp'rit too obstinate To be by me prevail'd upon With any motives of my own ; And therefore strove to counterfeit The dev'l a while , to nick your wit ; The devil , that is your constant crony , That only ...
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... your ransom , And rescu'd your obnoxious bones From unavoidable battoons . The enemy was reinforc'd , And we disabled , and unhors'd , Disarm'd , unqualify'd for fight , Sans mes armes , sans équipage , M'exposer à toute 20 HUDIBRAS .
... your ransom , And rescu'd your obnoxious bones From unavoidable battoons . The enemy was reinforc'd , And we disabled , and unhors'd , Disarm'd , unqualify'd for fight , Sans mes armes , sans équipage , M'exposer à toute 20 HUDIBRAS .
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... your side , Will soon extend her for your bride ; And put her person , goods , or lands , Or which you like best , int ' your hands . For law's the wisdom of all ages , And manag'd by the ablest sages ; Who , though their business at ...
... your side , Will soon extend her for your bride ; And put her person , goods , or lands , Or which you like best , int ' your hands . For law's the wisdom of all ages , And manag'd by the ablest sages ; Who , though their business at ...
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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...