Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars

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University Press, 1905 - 335 páginas
 

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Página 297 - He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still, Which he may adhere to, yet disown, For reasons to himself best known...
Página 260 - s as good as if w' had done 't, And easie.r pass'd upon account : VOL. n. D For if it be but half deny'd, Tis half as good as justify 'd, The world is nat'rally averse To all the truth it sees or hears, But swallows nonsense, and a lie, With greediness and gluttony...
Página 6 - Th' had heard three labourers of Babel. Or Cerberus himself pronounce A leash of languages at once. This he as volubly would vent, As if his stock would ne'er be spent : And truly to support that charge, He had supplies as vast and large ; For he could coin or counterfeit New words, with little or no wit ; Words so...
Página 130 - 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...
Página 8 - For his Religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit; 'Twas Presbyterian true blue; For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true church militant...
Página 8 - Although by woful proof we find They always leave a scar behind. He knew the seat of paradise, Could tell in what degree it lies: And, as he was disposed, could prove it, Below the moon, or else above it. What Adam dreamt of when his bride Came from her closet in his side: Whether the Devil tempted her By a High Dutch interpreter...
Página 4 - And styl'd 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 : . Some hold the one, and some the other, ' But, howsoe'er they make a pother, The difference was so small, his brain Outweigh'd his rage but half a grain; Which made some take him for a tool. That knaves do work with, call'da fool.
Página 4 - For't has been held by many, that As Montaigne, playing with his cat, Complains she thought him but an ass, Much more she would Sir Hudibras...
Página 49 - With many a stiff thwack, many a bang, Hard crab-tree and old iron rang ; While none that saw them could divine To which side conquest would incline ; Until Magnano, who did envy...
Página 13 - prentice to a brewer, Where this and more it did endure, But left the trade, as many more Have lately done on the same score. In th' holsters, at his saddle-bow, Two aged pistols he did stow, Aniong the surplus of such meat As in his hose he could not get : ' These would inveigle rats with th...

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