Hudibras: The second part, Volume 2R. Chiswel, G. Sawbridge, R. Wellington, and G. Wells, 1704 - 165 pages |
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againſt Anaxagoras Ancient appear b'ing bafted Battel Beard Becauſe Befide beft believ'd beſt bus'nefs Cafe caft Caufe cauſe Cheat Confcience Conjurer cou'd courſe Dame Dev'l Devil e'er ev'ry fafe faid falfe fame felf fell ferve fhall fhou'd fide fight fince firft firſt flain fome ftand ftill ftory ftrange fuch fudden fuffer fwear Heart Heart of Oak himſelf Honour Horfe Horſe Houſe Is't juft Knight Ladies leaſt lefs leſs lofe Love miſtake Moon muſt ne'er o'er Oath paſs Perfons Philofophers pleaſe pow'r prov'd Publick Quoth fhe Quoth Hudibras Quoth Quoth Quoth Ralpho Quoth Sidrophel raiſe reafon Refolve Rhime Roman Senate Saints Semiramis of Babylon ſhall ſhe ſhould Sidrophel ſpeak Squire Stars ſtill ſwear Tail Taylors Yards tell there's Theſe things thofe thoſe thou tricks turn'd Twas underſtand Unleſs us'd uſe Vows Whachum Whipping Whoſe Witches worfe worſe wou'd
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Page 97 - But as a dog that turns the spit Bestirs himself, and plies his feet 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...
Page 53 - Before our plate, to have them burst, And cast in fitter models, for The present use of church and war ? Did not our worthies of the House, Before they broke the peace, break vows ? For, having freed us, first from both Th...
Page 64 - Was beat with fist instead of a stick ; and that the wonderful lines upon honour and a bubble, have hitherto passed without notice : Honour is like the glassy bubble, Which cost philosophers such trouble ; Where, one part crack'd, the whole does fly, And wits are crack'd to find out why.
Page 66 - 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 hands, or hang th' offender : But they maturely having weigh'd, They had no more but him o...
Page 94 - Who after prov'd himself a witch, And made a rod for his own breech. Did not the Devil appear to Martin Luther in Germany, for certain ? And would have gull'd him with a trick, But Mart was too, too politic. Did...
Page 108 - Mahomet : For if it be above the shade That by the earth's round bulk is made, 'Tis probable it may from far Appear no bullet but a star. This...
Page 57 - Tis the temptation of the devil That makes all human actions evil : For Saints may do the same things by The Spirit, in sincerity, Which other men are tempted to, And at the devil's instance do ; And yet the actions be contrary, Just as the Saints and Wicked vary.
Page 94 - And some for sitting above ground Whole days and nights, upon their breeches, And feeling...
Page 75 - In windy weather when they whine. Next one upon a pair of panniers, Full fraught with that which, for good manners, Shall here be nameless, mix'd with grains, Which he dispens'd among the swains, And busily upon the crowd At random round about bestow'd.
Page 6 - Of hailstones big as pullets' eggs, And puppies whelp'd with twice two legs ; A blazing-star seen in the west, By six or seven men at least. Two trumpets she does sound at once, But both of clean contrary tones ; But whether both with the same wind, Or one before, and one behind, We know not, only this can tell, The one sounds vilely, th' other well, And therefore vulgar authors name Th' one Good, th