The Poetical Works of Samuel Butler: Hudibras (cont'd.) ; Genuine remains ; Various readings of and additions to HudibrasJames Nichol, 1854 |
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allow'd ancient appear arms beast better brains brave break British Princes Caligula CANTO cause cheat Church conscience course crimes design'd Devil draw e'er ears Earth Elephant engage equal ev'ry eyes fall false Fate fear feats fight flame force frogs gain'd gifts give Gleek grace grandees greater Heaven Hence tis hocus pocus honour Hudibras IBID int'rest John Lilburne judge keep King Knight laid learn'd learned less LINE linsey-woolsey mankind men's mighty Moon nat'ral Nature ne'er never nobler o'er oaths once pains paltry pass'd PINDARIC plagiary play poison'd pow'r princes Privolvans prove Puddle Dock Quoth rabble rumps Saints SATIRE sense serve soul strive Suetonius swear there's things Tis true transubstantiate trepan tricks truth try'd turn turn'd twas Twill understand venture vermin verse virtuosos wear wefts wise worse worst writ wrong zeal
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Page 104 - T' attempt so glorious a design. This was the purpose of their meeting, For which they chose a time as fitting, When, at the full, her radiant light And influence too were at their height. And now the lofty tube, the scale With which they heav'n...
Page 7 - For loyalty is still the same Whether it win or lose the game ; True as the dial to the sun, Although it be not shin'd upon.
Page 15 - 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. No sooner could a...
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Page 107 - It is a large one, far more great Than e'er was bred in Afric yet ; From which we boldly may infer, The Moon is much the fruitfuller. And, since the mighty Pyrrhus brought...
Page 103 - Her real estate, and personal ; And make an accurate survey Of all her lands, and how they lay, As true as that of Ireland, where The sly surveyors stole a shire : 10 T' observe her country, how 'twas planted, With what sh...
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Page 155 - Indian rattlesnake, but strive to ruin and destroy those that, mistake it for fair play ; that have their fulhams at command, brought up to do their feats at hand ; that understand their calls and knocks, and how to place themselves i' th' box ; can tell the oddses of all games, and when to answer to their names; and, when he conjures them t...