Poetical Works, Volume 2Griffin, Bohn, and Company, 1861 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 40
Page 16
Samuel Butler. So in the circle of the arts Did he advance his natural parts , Till falling back still , for retreat , He fell to juggle , cant , and cheat : For as those fowls that live in water Are never wet , he did but smatter ...
Samuel Butler. So in the circle of the arts Did he advance his natural parts , Till falling back still , for retreat , He fell to juggle , cant , and cheat : For as those fowls that live in water Are never wet , he did but smatter ...
Page 22
... nature , which finally led him to adopt the most extravagant and absurd theories . He travelled over nearly the whole of Europe , and is said to have visited Asia and Africa , consulting all the professors of the black art he fell in ...
... nature , which finally led him to adopt the most extravagant and absurd theories . He travelled over nearly the whole of Europe , and is said to have visited Asia and Africa , consulting all the professors of the black art he fell in ...
Page 30
... nature , and the doom Will not be long before it come ! When stars do fall , ' tis plain enough The day of judgment's not far off ; As lately ' twas revealed to Sedgwick , * And some of us find out by magic : Then , since the time we ...
... nature , and the doom Will not be long before it come ! When stars do fall , ' tis plain enough The day of judgment's not far off ; As lately ' twas revealed to Sedgwick , * And some of us find out by magic : Then , since the time we ...
Page 39
... natural philosophy , religion , law , and medicine ; and , although he did not understand Greek , he wrote annotations on Aristotle's works , which acquired for him the name of the Commentator . His celebrity soon surrounded him by ...
... natural philosophy , religion , law , and medicine ; and , although he did not understand Greek , he wrote annotations on Aristotle's works , which acquired for him the name of the Commentator . His celebrity soon surrounded him by ...
Page 42
... natural phenomena so strictly as to arrive at several conclusions which the subsequent discoveries of science have confirmed . † A sort of box , with a lamp inside . It was used in a certain class of diseases ; the patient being shut up ...
... natural phenomena so strictly as to arrive at several conclusions which the subsequent discoveries of science have confirmed . † A sort of box , with a lamp inside . It was used in a certain class of diseases ; the patient being shut up ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
afterwards Albert Laski Alluding amongst Anaxagoras ancient appear astrologer barratry battle of Naseby beast betray bones break Butler Caligula called cause cheat church Colonel Pride conjurers conscience constellations covenant Cromwell cross and pile crown death devil doctrine e'er ears Empedocles enemy eyes false fear feats fight force give grace Grey's Hudibras hand hang haste heaven Hence honour king knight ladies learned Lilly lover marriage means moon Napier's bones Nash nature ne'er never o'er oaths Paracelsus parliament pass passage Paul Neal person philosophers play presbyterian pretended prove Quoth Hudibras rabble Ralph resolved Restoration Robert Hooke rump Rump Parliament saints says scorn sense Sidrophel soul spirit squire stars swear tell there's things thou Tis true took trepan tricks turn twas vermin Whachum witches women word worse
Popular passages
Page 122 - Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you, seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business ; but we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
Page 196 - For he that fights and runs away May live to fight another day, But he that is in battle slain Will never rise to fight again.
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.
Page 213 - Like Charity ; else right and wrong Could never hold it out so long, And, like blind Fortune, with a sleight, Convey men's interest and right From Stiles's pocket into Nokes's, As easily as Hocus Pocus...
Page 15 - And was old dog at physiology; But as a dog that turns the spit Bestirs himself, and plies his feet To climb the wheel, but all in vain, His own weight brings him down again: And still he's in the self-same place Where at his setting out he was...
Page 51 - There's but the twinkling of a star Between a man of peace and war; A thief and justice, fool and knave, A huffing officer and a slave; A crafty lawyer and a pick-pocket, A great philosopher and a blockhead; A formal preacher and a player, A learn'd physician and manslayer.
Page 71 - s done, Or may I never see the sun ; For which I humbly now demand Performance at your gentle hand; 170 And that you'd please to do your part As I have done mine, to my smart.
Page 134 - That us'd to break up ground and dig), The bride to nothing but her will, That nulls the after-marriage still: Some were for th...
Page 212 - Meanwhile they robb'd me and my horse, And stole my saddle," — " Worse and worse !'" " And made me mount upon the bare ridge, T" avoid a wretcheder miscarriage.
Page 225 - Could never equal, nor come nigh. ' For women first were made for men, Not men for them. — It follows, then, That men have right to every one, And they no freedom of their own; And therefore men have power to choose, But they no charter to refuse.