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... carry low or wide , Must be aimed higher , or beside The mark , which else they ne'er come nigh , But when they take their aim awry . But I do wonder you should chuse 640 This way t ' attack me with your muse , As one cut out to pass ...
... carry low or wide , Must be aimed higher , or beside The mark , which else they ne'er come nigh , But when they take their aim awry . But I do wonder you should chuse 640 This way t ' attack me with your muse , As one cut out to pass ...
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... carry on a work Of such importance in the dark , With erring haste , but rather stay , And do't in th ' open face of day ; And in the mean time go in quest Of next retreat to take his rest . 1 PART II . - CANTO II . THE ARGUMENT . CANTO ...
... carry on a work Of such importance in the dark , With erring haste , but rather stay , And do't in th ' open face of day ; And in the mean time go in quest Of next retreat to take his rest . 1 PART II . - CANTO II . THE ARGUMENT . CANTO ...
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... 50 Where now arrived , and half unharnessed , To carry on the work in earnest , He stopped , and paused upon the sudden , And with a serious forehead plodding , F 55 Sprung a new scruple in his head , Which CANTO II . ] 29 HUDIBRAS .
... 50 Where now arrived , and half unharnessed , To carry on the work in earnest , He stopped , and paused upon the sudden , And with a serious forehead plodding , F 55 Sprung a new scruple in his head , Which CANTO II . ] 29 HUDIBRAS .
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... And what the saints do claim as due , You may pretend a title to : But saints , whom oaths and vows oblige , 120 Know little of their privilege ; 1 1 125 Further , I mean , than carrying on Some CANTO II . ] 31 . HUDIBRAS .
... And what the saints do claim as due , You may pretend a title to : But saints , whom oaths and vows oblige , 120 Know little of their privilege ; 1 1 125 Further , I mean , than carrying on Some CANTO II . ] 31 . HUDIBRAS .
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Samuel Butler Alfred Milnes. 125 Further , I mean , than carrying on Some self - advantage of their own : For if the ... carried on ? Was there an oath the godly took , But in due time and place they broke ? Did we not bring our oaths in ...
Samuel Butler Alfred Milnes. 125 Further , I mean , than carrying on Some self - advantage of their own : For if the ... carried on ? Was there an oath the godly took , But in due time and place they broke ? Did we not bring our oaths in ...
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