Hudibras, Volume 2J. Murray, printed by W. Nicol, 1835 |
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... poets , says Plutarch , embroider and intermix the tales of ancient times with fictions and fabulous discoveries . Not those that , drawn for signs , have been , To th ' houses where the planets inn . ] Signs , a pun between signs for ...
... poets , says Plutarch , embroider and intermix the tales of ancient times with fictions and fabulous discoveries . Not those that , drawn for signs , have been , To th ' houses where the planets inn . ] Signs , a pun between signs for ...
Page 36
... poet designs to make him blunder , by fixing on those which are far dis- tant from each other , on different sides of the equator ; and also by talking of the whale's hinder leg . On some old globes the whale is described with legs . 5 ...
... poet designs to make him blunder , by fixing on those which are far dis- tant from each other , on different sides of the equator ; and also by talking of the whale's hinder leg . On some old globes the whale is described with legs . 5 ...
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... poet might here term it the devil's looking - glass , from the use which Dee and Kelly made of it ; and because it has been the common practice of conjurers to answer the enquiries of persons , by representations shewn to them in a ...
... poet might here term it the devil's looking - glass , from the use which Dee and Kelly made of it ; and because it has been the common practice of conjurers to answer the enquiries of persons , by representations shewn to them in a ...
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... poet ; " but you Greek philosophers were the first that put her in there , " and then claimed so much merit to ... poets feign that Saturn eats his sons , so he feeds upon his daughters . He devours truths as well as years , and buries ...
... poet ; " but you Greek philosophers were the first that put her in there , " and then claimed so much merit to ... poets feign that Saturn eats his sons , so he feeds upon his daughters . He devours truths as well as years , and buries ...
Page 53
... poet alludes to what is related by Pliny in his Natural History , ii . 30 . " fiunt prodigiosi , et longiores solis defectus , qualis occiso Cæsare " dictatore , et Antoniano bello , totius paene anni pallore continuo . " 7 Augustus ...
... poet alludes to what is related by Pliny in his Natural History , ii . 30 . " fiunt prodigiosi , et longiores solis defectus , qualis occiso Cæsare " dictatore , et Antoniano bello , totius paene anni pallore continuo . " 7 Augustus ...
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Page 191 - 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 216 - 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 201 - Their duty never was defeated, Nor from their oaths and faith retreated : For loyalty is still the same Whether it win or lose the game ; True as the dial to the sun, Although it be not shin'd upon.
Page 248 - Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast : for it is the number of a man ; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
Page 268 - 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 77 - And basely turn'd his back to fly ; But Hudibras gave him a twitch, As quick as lightning, in the breech, Just in the place where honour's lodg'd, As wise philosophers Have judg'd, Because a kick in that place more Hurts honour, than deep wounds before.
Page 219 - Of these the false Achitophel was first, A name to all succeeding ages curst : For close designs and crooked counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit...
Page 117 - Were such things here, as we do speak about? Or have we eaten of the insane root, That takes the reason prisoner ? Macb.
Page 312 - That the words now replaced are better, I do not undertake to prove; it is sufficient that they are Shakspeare's : if phraseology is to be changed as words grow uncouth by disuse, or gross by vulgarity, the history of every language will .be lost ; we shall no longer have the words of any author ; and, as these alterations will be often unskilfully made, we shall in time have very little of his meaning.
Page 70 - There's but the twinkling of a star Between a man of peace and war, A thief and justice, fool and knave, A huffing officer and a slave, A crafty lawyer and pick-pocket, A great philosopher and a block-head, A formal preacher and a player, A learn'd physician and...