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Page 33
... fears , t Set folks together by the ears , * In the first edition of the first part of this poem , printed separately , we read dudgeon . But on the publication of the sec- ond part , when the first was reprinted with several additions ...
... fears , t Set folks together by the ears , * In the first edition of the first part of this poem , printed separately , we read dudgeon . But on the publication of the sec- ond part , when the first was reprinted with several additions ...
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... fears , that , like the hero of this poem , they would imagine a bear - baiting to be a deep design against the ... fears and jealousies . " The words jealousies and fears , were bandied between the king and the parliament in all their ...
... fears , that , like the hero of this poem , they would imagine a bear - baiting to be a deep design against the ... fears and jealousies . " The words jealousies and fears , were bandied between the king and the parliament in all their ...
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... fear'd no blows but such as bruise.t His breeches were of rugged woollen , And had been at the siege of Bullen ; + 285 290 295 300 305 310 tooth , and went to a justice of peace for a warrant against the lady , who , he alleged , had ...
... fear'd no blows but such as bruise.t His breeches were of rugged woollen , And had been at the siege of Bullen ; + 285 290 295 300 305 310 tooth , and went to a justice of peace for a warrant against the lady , who , he alleged , had ...
Page 104
... fears and apprehensions both for their civil and religious liber- ties ; as if the Protestant religion were in danger , and the privi- leges of parliament trampled upon . The king was deemed to have acted unconstitutionally the day ...
... fears and apprehensions both for their civil and religious liber- ties ; as if the Protestant religion were in danger , and the privi- leges of parliament trampled upon . The king was deemed to have acted unconstitutionally the day ...
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... fear a several way.t Crowdero only kept the field , Though beaten down , and wounded sore , Not stirring from the place he held , I ' th ' fiddle , and a leg that bore One side of him , not that of bone , But much its better , th ...
... fear a several way.t Crowdero only kept the field , Though beaten down , and wounded sore , Not stirring from the place he held , I ' th ' fiddle , and a leg that bore One side of him , not that of bone , But much its better , th ...
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Æneid agen alludes Anabaptists ancient arms astrologer b'ing bear bear-baiting beard beast Bishop Bishop Warburton blood blows bus'ness Butler called canto cause Cerdon character cheat chimæra church common conscience covenant Cromwell death Democritus devil divine dogs Don Quixote ears editions enemy ev'ry false fear feats fight French give hand haste head honour horse Independents king king's Knight lady learned lines Lord Lord Clarendon means ne'er never o'er oath Oliver Cromwell Ovid Paracelsus parliament perhaps person philosophers Plutarch poem poet pow'r Presbyterians pretended quæ Quoth Hudibras Ralpho resolv'd Roman rump rump parliament saints Samuel Butler satire says sense Sidrophel signifies Sir Roger L'Estrange soul Squire supposed swear sword tell thee thing thou thought tion true turn turn'd twas us'd verse Whachum William Lilly witches word wounds
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Page 384 - Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God, that ye may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of captains and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men both free and bond, both small and great.
Page 17 - While Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give ; See him, when starved to death, and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust. The poet's fate is here in emblem shown, He ask'd for bread, and he received a stone.
Page 45 - ... lies In odd perverse antipathies, In falling out with that or this And finding somewhat still amiss; More peevish, cross and splenetic Than dog distract or monkey sick: That with more care keep holyday The wrong...
Page 417 - 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.
Page 167 - Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
Page 234 - Into his hands, or hang th' offender : But they maturely having weigh'd, They had no more but him o...
Page 41 - He understood b' implicit faith; 130 Whatever sceptic could inquire for, For every why he had a wherefore ; Knew more than forty of them do, As far as words and terms could go; All which he understood by rote, And, as occasion...
Page 322 - Were such things here as we do speak about? Or have we eaten on the insane root That takes the reason prisoner?
Page 368 - 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.
Page 387 - O' th' compass in their bones and joints, Can by their pangs and aches find All turns and changes of the wind. And better than by Napier's bones Feel in their own the age of moons...