The poetical works of Samuel Butler, with life and critical diss. by G. Gilfillan, the text ed. by C.C. Clarke1877 |
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... beast was sturdy , large , and tall , With mouth of meal , and eyes of wall ; I would say eye , for h ' had but one , As most agree , tho ' some say none . He was well stay'd , and in his gait Preserved a grave , majestic state ; At ...
... beast was sturdy , large , and tall , With mouth of meal , and eyes of wall ; I would say eye , for h ' had but one , As most agree , tho ' some say none . He was well stay'd , and in his gait Preserved a grave , majestic state ; At ...
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... beast would kneel and stoop ( Some write ) to take his rider up ; So Hudibras his ( ' tis well known ) Would often do to set him down . We shall not need to say what lack Of leather was upon his back ; For that was hidden under pad ...
... beast would kneel and stoop ( Some write ) to take his rider up ; So Hudibras his ( ' tis well known ) Would often do to set him down . We shall not need to say what lack Of leather was upon his back ; For that was hidden under pad ...
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... beast to man , and signifies love . ' ' Tro- jan Knight : ' Æneas ; see Eneid 6th .-- 5 ' Another way : ' referring to Indepen- dents and Anabaptists . Ninepence : ' an old coin , a ninepenny piece once used , and often bent as a love ...
... beast to man , and signifies love . ' ' Tro- jan Knight : ' Æneas ; see Eneid 6th .-- 5 ' Another way : ' referring to Indepen- dents and Anabaptists . Ninepence : ' an old coin , a ninepenny piece once used , and often bent as a love ...
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... beast have to encounter beast ? They fight for no espoused Cause , Frail Priv❜lege , fundamental Laws ; Nor for a thorough Reformation , Nor Covenant , nor Protestation , Nor Liberty of consciences , Nor Lords and Commons ' Ordinances ...
... beast have to encounter beast ? They fight for no espoused Cause , Frail Priv❜lege , fundamental Laws ; Nor for a thorough Reformation , Nor Covenant , nor Protestation , Nor Liberty of consciences , Nor Lords and Commons ' Ordinances ...
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... beasts that converse With man , take after him , as hogs Get pigs all th ' year , and bitches dogs ; Just so , by our example , cattle Learn to give one another battle . We read , in Nero's time , the Heathen , When they destroy'd the ...
... beasts that converse With man , take after him , as hogs Get pigs all th ' year , and bitches dogs ; Just so , by our example , cattle Learn to give one another battle . We read , in Nero's time , the Heathen , When they destroy'd the ...
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Page 8 - For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true church militant ; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic blows and knocks...
Page 9 - Compound for sins they are inclined to, By damning those they have no mind to...
Page 4 - twixt south and south-west side ; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute : He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl, A calf an alderman, a goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees.
Page 6 - In Mathematics he was greater Than Tycho Brahe, or Erra Pater: For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of pots of ale; Resolve, by sines and tangents straight, If bread or butter wanted weight; And wisely tell what hour o' th' day The clock does strike, by Algebra.
Page 8 - To be the true Church militant ; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun, Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery, And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic blows and knocks ; Call fire and sword and desolation A godly, thorough reformation, Which always must be carried on, And still be doing, never done : As if religion were intended For nothing else but to be mended...
Page 9 - Free-will they one way disavow, Another, nothing else allow. All piety consists therein In them, in other men all sin. Rather than fail, they will defy That which they love most tenderly, Quarrel with minc'd pies, and disparage Their best and dearest friend, plum-porridge; Fat pig and goose itself oppose, And blaspheme custard through the nose. Th...
Page 2 - And styled of war as well as peace. (So some rats of amphibious nature Are either for the land or water.) But here our authors make a doubt Whether he were more wise or stout.
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 hint appear, But up he started to...
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 14 - This sword a dagger had, his page, That was but little for his age...