Hudibras, a Poem, Volume 2W. Lewis, 1819 - English poetry |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 23
Page 10
... cavalier I ' th ' cause's service prisoner ? As Withers in immortal rhyme Has register'd to after time . Do not our great reformers use This Sidrophel to forbode news ; To write of victories next year , And castles taken yet i ' th ...
... cavalier I ' th ' cause's service prisoner ? As Withers in immortal rhyme Has register'd to after time . Do not our great reformers use This Sidrophel to forbode news ; To write of victories next year , And castles taken yet i ' th ...
Page 68
... cavalier , & c . ] This is an allusion to a story related by Withers , in doggerel , of a soldier of the king's army ... cavaliers , Sir John Denham , the poet , ( some of whose lands , at Egham , in Surry , Withers had got into his ...
... cavalier , & c . ] This is an allusion to a story related by Withers , in doggerel , of a soldier of the king's army ... cavaliers , Sir John Denham , the poet , ( some of whose lands , at Egham , in Surry , Withers had got into his ...
Page 126
... cavaliers , and such courage to the captive King , that it hardened him and them to their ruin . On the other side , it so frightened all the honest people , that it made them as violent in their zeal to pull down , as the others were ...
... cavaliers , and such courage to the captive King , that it hardened him and them to their ruin . On the other side , it so frightened all the honest people , that it made them as violent in their zeal to pull down , as the others were ...
Page 189
... Cavaliers Was dragg'd through a window by the ears ; So he was serv'd in his redoubt , And by the other end pull'd out . Soon as they had him at their mercy , They put him to the cudgel fiercely , As if they scorn'd to trade or barter ...
... Cavaliers Was dragg'd through a window by the ears ; So he was serv'd in his redoubt , And by the other end pull'd out . Soon as they had him at their mercy , They put him to the cudgel fiercely , As if they scorn'd to trade or barter ...
Page 189
... Cavaliers Was dragg'd through a window by the ears ; So he was serv'd in his redoubt , And by the other end pull'd out . X Soon as they had him at their mercy , They put him to the cudgel fiercely , As if they scorn'd to trade or barter ...
... Cavaliers Was dragg'd through a window by the ears ; So he was serv'd in his redoubt , And by the other end pull'd out . X Soon as they had him at their mercy , They put him to the cudgel fiercely , As if they scorn'd to trade or barter ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
alludes allusion Anabaptists Anaxarchus ancient army astrologers beast began blood body bones bus'ness Butler called Canto cause Cavaliers cheat church committee of safety conscience covenant death devil divine Don Quixote ears enemy England ev'ry false fear feats fifth monarchy men following lines fool force friends give grace Grey says hand haste head heart heaven holy honor horse Hudibras John of Leyden King King's Knight ladies lawyer letter Lilly lived Lord lover marriage married moon Napier's bones nature ne'er never oath observes Paracelsus Parliament party person philosopher poet pow'r Presbyterians pretended prince Prince of Conti prov'd Quoth Hudibras Ralpho restoration ridiculous Roundheads rump saints Sidrophel soul spirit Squire stars swear tell things thou thought told took trepan tricks turn turn'd us'd Vicar of Bray Whachum witchcraft witches word Zoroaster
Popular passages
Page 108 - twas time to counterfeit, or that hot termagant Scot had paid me scot and lot too. Counterfeit ? I lie, I am no counterfeit : to die, is to be a counterfeit ; for he is but the counterfeit of a man who hath not the life of a man : but to counterfeit dying, when a man thereby liveth, is to be no counterfeit, but the true and perfect image of life indeed.
Page 101 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, — often the surfeit of our own behaviour, — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars...
Page 297 - 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 101 - I cannot blame him : at my nativity The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes, Of burning cressets ; and at my birth The frame and huge foundation of the earth Shak'd like a coward.
Page 316 - He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.
Page 227 - When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn That ten day-labourers could not end, Then lies him down, the lubber fiend, And, stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength; And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.
Page 317 - Of these the false Achitophel was first, A name to all succeeding ages curst: For close designs and crooked counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit...
Page 335 - Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.
Page 152 - A mode that is held honourable, As well as French and fashionable: For when it falls out for the best, Where both are incommoded least, In soul and body two unite...
Page 343 - A man who is furnished with arguments from the mint, will convince his antagonist much sooner than one who draws them from reason and philosophy. Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding ; it dissipates every doubt and scruple in an instant ; accommodates itself to the meanest capacities; silences the loud and clamorous, and brings over the most obstinate and inflexible.