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... Lady goes in quest Of Sidrophel the Rosy - crucian , To know the dest'nies ' resolution : With whom being met , they both chop logic About the science astrologic . ' Till falling from dispute to fight , The Conjurer's worsted by the ...
... Lady goes in quest Of Sidrophel the Rosy - crucian , To know the dest'nies ' resolution : With whom being met , they both chop logic About the science astrologic . ' Till falling from dispute to fight , The Conjurer's worsted by the ...
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... Lady goes in quest Of Sidrophel the Rosy - crucian , To know the dest'nies ' resolution : With whom being met , they both chop logic About the science astrologic . " Till falling from dispute to fight , The Conjurer's worsted by the ...
... Lady goes in quest Of Sidrophel the Rosy - crucian , To know the dest'nies ' resolution : With whom being met , they both chop logic About the science astrologic . " Till falling from dispute to fight , The Conjurer's worsted by the ...
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... ladies carried them along with them : they were made of leather , or paper , or feathers . I have a picture of Miss Ireton , who married Richard Walsh , of Abberley , in Wor- cestershire , with a curious feathered fan in her hand . Shew ...
... ladies carried them along with them : they were made of leather , or paper , or feathers . I have a picture of Miss Ireton , who married Richard Walsh , of Abberley , in Wor- cestershire , with a curious feathered fan in her hand . Shew ...
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... Lady puts them out again . The fifteenth day of March , May , July , and October , and the thirteenth day of all other months , was called the ides . The first day of every month was called the calends . And made the infant stars ...
... Lady puts them out again . The fifteenth day of March , May , July , and October , and the thirteenth day of all other months , was called the ides . The first day of every month was called the calends . And made the infant stars ...
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... Lady's bower , The Squire t ' inform , the Knight to woo her . She treats them with a masquerade , By furies and hobgoblins made ; From which the Squire conveys the Knight , And steals him from himself by night . HUDIBRAS . CANTO I. Tis ...
... Lady's bower , The Squire t ' inform , the Knight to woo her . She treats them with a masquerade , By furies and hobgoblins made ; From which the Squire conveys the Knight , And steals him from himself by night . HUDIBRAS . CANTO I. Tis ...
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agen alludes Altho Ammianus Marcellinus Anaxagoras ancient appear aruspicy astrologers b'ing beast birds bishop Bishop Warburton bones breaks loose Butler called canto catch cause cheat church covenant Cromwell death devil divines e'er ears enemies ev'ry false feats fight geese give grace gymnosophist hand hang haruspex heaven honour Hudibras independents Irenæus king king's Knight lady legs Lilbourn Lilly lord lover marriage Mascon means moon Napier's bones ne'er never nigromantia o'er oaths Ovid Paracelsus parliament perhaps person Plutarch poet pow'r presbyterians Prester John pretended prov'd prove quæ Quoth Hudibras Ralpho reduc'd restoration rump rump parliament saints says shew Sidrophel signifies soul spirits Squire stars supposed swear tell There's things thou thought thro Tis true took trepanning tricks turn turn'd twas us'd vultures Whachum William Lilly witches wizards word worse wou'd
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