Poetical Works, Volume 2Griffin, Bohn, and Company, 1861 |
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... feat fell out not long before The knight , upon the forenamed score , In quest of Sidrophel advancing , Was now in prospect of the mansion ; Whom he discovering , turned his glass , And found far off ' twas Hudibras . † * William ...
... feat fell out not long before The knight , upon the forenamed score , In quest of Sidrophel advancing , Was now in prospect of the mansion ; Whom he discovering , turned his glass , And found far off ' twas Hudibras . † * William ...
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... feats upon The devil's looking - glass , a stone , § or grave , in the earth , with a small aperture for light ... feat alone much better , and more soldier - like ; and it was below the honour of so great a commander to go out of the ...
... feats upon The devil's looking - glass , a stone , § or grave , in the earth , with a small aperture for light ... feat alone much better , and more soldier - like ; and it was below the honour of so great a commander to go out of the ...
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... feat ; Make fools believe in their foreseeing Of things before they are in being ; To swallow gudgeons ere they're catched , And count their chickens ere they're hatched ; Make them the constellations prompt , And give ' em back their ...
... feat ; Make fools believe in their foreseeing Of things before they are in being ; To swallow gudgeons ere they're catched , And count their chickens ere they're hatched ; Make them the constellations prompt , And give ' em back their ...
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... feats of witches counterfeit ; Kill pigs and geese with powdered glass , And make it for enchantment pass ; With cow - itch † meazle like a leper , And choke with fumes of guinea pepper ; Make lechers , and their punks , with dewtry , + ...
... feats of witches counterfeit ; Kill pigs and geese with powdered glass , And make it for enchantment pass ; With cow - itch † meazle like a leper , And choke with fumes of guinea pepper ; Make lechers , and their punks , with dewtry , + ...
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... feats of a fellow who swallowed a knife and large pebble- stones at the house of Lady Sunderland , a distinguished patroness of such performances . The petty delinquents who were sent to the houses of correction , where they beat hemp ...
... feats of a fellow who swallowed a knife and large pebble- stones at the house of Lady Sunderland , a distinguished patroness of such performances . The petty delinquents who were sent to the houses of correction , where they beat hemp ...
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Page 36 - Bumbastus kept a devil's bird Shut in the pummel of his sword, That taught him all the cunning pranks Of past and future mountebanks.
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