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... years , the last Luke of Wood End . Sir Samuel Luke was a rigid presbyterian , and not an eminent commander under Oliver Cromwell ; probably did not approve of times . We hear little more of Mr. Butler till vi ON SAMUEL BUTLER , Esq .
... years , the last Luke of Wood End . Sir Samuel Luke was a rigid presbyterian , and not an eminent commander under Oliver Cromwell ; probably did not approve of times . We hear little more of Mr. Butler till vi ON SAMUEL BUTLER , Esq .
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... presbyterians and in- dependents abhorred ; and which our hero , as a magistrate of the former persuasion , thought it his duty officially to suppress . The diction is that of burlesque poetry , painting low and mean persons and things ...
... presbyterians and in- dependents abhorred ; and which our hero , as a magistrate of the former persuasion , thought it his duty officially to suppress . The diction is that of burlesque poetry , painting low and mean persons and things ...
Page xxix
... in a light at once odious and ridiculous , the presbyterians and independents , and all other sects , which in our poet's days amounted to near two hundred , and were enemies to the King ; but his further view AUTHOR OF HUDIBRAS . xxix.
... in a light at once odious and ridiculous , the presbyterians and independents , and all other sects , which in our poet's days amounted to near two hundred , and were enemies to the King ; but his further view AUTHOR OF HUDIBRAS . xxix.
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... presbyterians , as Ralpho does that of the independents : it would be degrading the liberal spirit , and universal genius of Mr. Butler , to narrow his general satire to a parti- cular libel on any characters , however marked and ...
... presbyterians , as Ralpho does that of the independents : it would be degrading the liberal spirit , and universal genius of Mr. Butler , to narrow his general satire to a parti- cular libel on any characters , however marked and ...
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... presbyterian discipline ; when in the stocks , he personates the presbyterians after they had lost their power ; his first exploit is against the bear , The Allegoria Homericæ , Gr . Lat . published by Dean Gale , Amst . 1688 , though ...
... presbyterian discipline ; when in the stocks , he personates the presbyterians after they had lost their power ; his first exploit is against the bear , The Allegoria Homericæ , Gr . Lat . published by Dean Gale , Amst . 1688 , though ...
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Æneid Alborach alludes anabaptists ancient arms b'ing bear bear-baiting beard beast Bishop Bishop Warburton blood blows burlesque Butler Cæsar called Canto Cerdon character Chimæra church Colonel Pride conscience Cromwell Crowdero dame dogs Don Quixote ears editions enemy ev'ry false fight French Genuine Remains Gondibert hand hast hath head heart Henry honour horse Julius Cæsar king king's Knight lady learned lord Magnano means ne'er never numbers o'er oath Oliver Cromwell Orsin Ovid parliament perhaps person philosophers poem poet poet's Pope pow'r presbyterians printed Quoth Hudibras Quoth Ralpho R.Cooper rhyme Romans saints Samuel Butler satire says sculp sense shew signifies Sir Roger L'Estrange Squire steed stout supposed swear sword synods tail Talgol thee thing thou thought tion Trulla Twas us'd verse vulgar word wound write δὲ
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Page xxv - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known; In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...
Page 218 - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school: and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used, and, contrary to the king, his crown and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill. It will be proved to thy face that thou hast men about thee that usually talk of a noun and a verb, and such abominable words as no Christian ear can endure to hear.
Page 21 - Which always must be carried on And still be doing, never done ; As if religion were intended For nothing else but to be mended.
Page 22 - A sect whose chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies: In falling out with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss; 210 More peevish, cross, and splenetic, Than dog distract, or monkey sick.
Page 227 - Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York; And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house In the deep bosom of the ocean buried. Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths; Our bruised arms hung up for monuments; Our stern alarums changed to merry meetings, Our dreadful marches to delightful measures.
Page 12 - H' had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules he did it by ; Else when with greatest art he spoke, You'd think he talk'd like other folk ; For all a rhetorician's rules Teach nothing but to name his tools.
Page 22 - ... devotion 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 Holy-day The wrong...
Page 14 - 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.
Page 9 - tis known he could speak Greek As naturally as pigs squeak; That Latin was no more difficile, Than to a blackbird 'tis to whistle...
Page 211 - 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 self-will they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.