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... story not interesting : the reader may leave off without being anxious for the fate of his hero ; he sees only disjecti membra poetæ ; but we should remember , that the parts were published at long intervals , and that several of the ...
... story not interesting : the reader may leave off without being anxious for the fate of his hero ; he sees only disjecti membra poetæ ; but we should remember , that the parts were published at long intervals , and that several of the ...
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... stories of the size of men's ears in some countries . - Pliny lib . 7. c . 2. speaks of a people on the borders of India , who covered themselves with their ears . And Purchas , in his Pilgrim , saith , that in the island Arucetto ...
... stories of the size of men's ears in some countries . - Pliny lib . 7. c . 2. speaks of a people on the borders of India , who covered themselves with their ears . And Purchas , in his Pilgrim , saith , that in the island Arucetto ...
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... story of Demosthenes . 3 In mathematics he was greater Than Tycho Brahe , or Erra Pater : ] Erra Pater is the nick- name of some ignorant astrologer . A little paltry book of the rules of Erra Pater is still vended among the vulgar . I ...
... story of Demosthenes . 3 In mathematics he was greater Than Tycho Brahe , or Erra Pater : ] Erra Pater is the nick- name of some ignorant astrologer . A little paltry book of the rules of Erra Pater is still vended among the vulgar . I ...
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... story of it may be as good as any of them . " Foulis's History of Plots , fol . p . 171. Otrebius , in a tract de Vitâ , Morte , et Resurrectione , would persuade us , that doubtless " the Rosicrucians , are in paradise , which place he ...
... story of it may be as good as any of them . " Foulis's History of Plots , fol . p . 171. Otrebius , in a tract de Vitâ , Morte , et Resurrectione , would persuade us , that doubtless " the Rosicrucians , are in paradise , which place he ...
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... story which has been frequently ridiculed . 2 Whether the serpent , at the fall , 66 Had cloven feet , or none at all . ] That curse upon the serpent , on thy belly shalt thou go , " seems to imply a deprivation of what he enjoyed ...
... story which has been frequently ridiculed . 2 Whether the serpent , at the fall , 66 Had cloven feet , or none at all . ] That curse upon the serpent , on thy belly shalt thou go , " seems to imply a deprivation of what he enjoyed ...
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Page 217 - 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, 40 thou hast built a paper-mill.
Page 7 - He'd undertake to prove by force Of argument, a man's no horse; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl; A calf an alderman, a goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees. He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination. All this by syllogism, true In mood and figure, he would do.
Page 157 - Lyaeum, cum dabit amplexus atque oscula dulcia figet, occultum inspires ignem fallasque veneno.' paret Amor dictis carae genetricis et alas exuit et gressu gaudens incedit luli.
Page 17 - 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...
Page 18 - For nothing else but to be mended; A sect whose chief 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...
Page 259 - 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, With true-love knots and flourishes, That shall infuse eternal spring, And everlasting flourishing; Drink every letter on't in stum, And make it brisk champaign become.
Page 21 - Th' apostles of this fierce religion, Like Mahomet's, were ass and widgeon, To whom our knight, by fast instinct Of wit and temper was so linkt, As if hypocrisy and nonsense Had got the advowson of his conscience. Thus was he gifted and accoutred, We mean on th" inside, not the outward : That next of all we shall discuss ; . Then listen, sirs ; it follows thus. His tawny beard was th...
Page 265 - Are but black patches that she wears, Cut into suns, and moons, and stars...
Page 114 - Church-Discipline, for patching kettle ; No sow-gelder did blow his horn To geld a cat, but cry'd Reform ; The oyster-women lock'd their fish up, And trudg'd away to cry No Bishop...
Page 5 - 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...