Hudibras, in three parts. Repr. of ed. of 1779 [ed. by A. Murray].1869 |
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ancient arms b'ing bear bear-baiting beard beast believ'd better blood blows break bus'ness cause Cerdon cheat church conscience Crowdero dame devil dogs durance e'er ears enchanted enemy engag'd eyes faith fall false fear feats fell fierce fight forc'd force gain'd gifts give grace hand head heart heaven Henry Hallam honour horse Knight ladies laid law of arms lover Magnano marriage mighty Napier's bones ne'er never o'er oaths old cause on't once Orsin Pope Joan Presbyter prov'd prove Quoth Hudibras Quoth Ralpho rabble rais'd resolv'd Rosicrucian rump saints shew side Sidrophel soul spirit Squire stars steed stout suffer'd swear sword swore tail Talgol tell thee there's things took trepan tricks Trulla turn turn'd twas Twill ty'd us'd vow'd Whachum whores of Babylon wise witches words worse wounds
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Seite 3 - 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.
Seite 62 - The sun had long since, in the lap Of Thetis, taken out his nap, And, like a lobster boil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn...
Seite 67 - He that imposes an oath makes it, Not he that for convenience takes it : Then how can any man be said To break an oath he never made ? These reasons may perhaps look oddly To th...
Seite 14 - THERE was an ancient sage philosopher, That had read Alexander Ross over. And swore the world, as he could prove, Was made of fighting and of love ; Just so romances are, for what else Is in them all but love and battles? O' th' first of these w' have no great matter To treat of, but a world o' th' latter, In which to do the injur'd right, We mean, in what concerns just fight.
Seite 3 - WHEN civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out they knew not why ; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears...
Seite 74 - DOUBTLESS the pleasure is as great Of being cheated, as to cheat ; As lookers-on feel most delight That least perceive a juggler's sleight, And still, the less they understand, The more...
Seite 56 - The sun and day shall sooner part Than love, or you, shake off my heart; The sun that shall no more dispense His own, but your bright influence. I'll carve your name on barks of trees...
Seite 67 - t happen'd : In a town There liv'da cobbler, and but one, That out of doctrine could cut use, And mend mens lives, as well as shoes. This precious brother having slain, In times of peace an Indian, Not out of malice, but mere zeal, Because he was an infidel, The mighty Tottipottymoy Sent to our elders an envoy, Complaining sorely of the breach Of league, held forth by brother Patch, Against the articles in force Between both churches, his and ours ; For which he crav'd the saints to render Into his...
Seite 4 - 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.
Seite 77 - 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 ; So in the circle of the arts, Did he advance his nat'ral parts, Till falling back still, for retreat, He fell to...