Hudibras, a Poem, Band 2W. Lewis, 1819 |
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... Parliament A leger to the devil sent , 140 Fully empower'd to treat about Finding revolted witches out ; And has not he , within a year , 1 Hang'd threescore of ' em in one shire ? Some only for not being drown'd , And some for sitting ...
... Parliament A leger to the devil sent , 140 Fully empower'd to treat about Finding revolted witches out ; And has not he , within a year , 1 Hang'd threescore of ' em in one shire ? Some only for not being drown'd , And some for sitting ...
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... Parliament's committee , At Woodstock on a pers'nal treaty ? At Sarum take a 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 ...
... Parliament's committee , At Woodstock on a pers'nal treaty ? At Sarum take a 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 ...
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... parliament with as much certainty as the preachers did in their sermons ; and all or most part of what is ascribed ... parliament and others . But when he found that the authority of the parliament began to sink , and the power of the ...
... parliament with as much certainty as the preachers did in their sermons ; and all or most part of what is ascribed ... parliament and others . But when he found that the authority of the parliament began to sink , and the power of the ...
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... Parliament's committee , At Woodstock , & c . ] The story to which Butler here alludes to , is thus related by Dr. Plot , in his Natural History of Oxfordshire . " Among such unaccountable things as these , 64 PART II . HUDIBRAS .
... Parliament's committee , At Woodstock , & c . ] The story to which Butler here alludes to , is thus related by Dr. Plot , in his Natural History of Oxfordshire . " Among such unaccountable things as these , 64 PART II . HUDIBRAS .
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... parliament army , and a great pretender to poetry , but so bad a poet , ( as A. Wood says , ) that when he was taken pri- soner by the cavaliers , Sir John Denham , the poet , ( some of whose lands , at Egham , in Surry , Withers had ...
... parliament army , and a great pretender to poetry , but so bad a poet , ( as A. Wood says , ) that when he was taken pri- soner by the cavaliers , Sir John Denham , the poet , ( some of whose lands , at Egham , in Surry , Withers had ...
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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
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Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 316 - He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.