The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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achés activest admire allow'd ancient appear beast better Bloody bones brains brave Butler Caligula cause cheat church command conscience course crimes design'd desperate devil disdain draw e'er ears earth Elephant engage equal eyes false Fate fear feats fight force gain'd Gainst gifts give grace grandees greater Heaven Hence tis honour Hudibras I'the John Lilburn judge King Knight Law and Gospel learn'd learned less lived mankind mighty Moon nation Nature ne'er never nobler o'er oaths Old Cause Oliver Cromwell once Orcades pains paltry pass'd play poison'd Presbyter princes prisoner Privolvans prove Quoth rabble rest Rump Rump Parliament Saints Samuel Butler SATIRE sense serve side sooner soul strange strive swear sword things thou Tis true trepan tricks truth turn turn'd twas Twill Tyburn understand venture verse wear wise worse worst writ wrong zeal
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Página 191 - Had past my time as pleasantly away, Slept all the night, and loiter'd all the day. My soul, that's free from care, and fear, and hope, Knows how to make her own ambition stoop, To' avoid uneasy greatness and resort, Or for preferment following the Court.
Página 121 - It is a large one, far more great Than e'er was bred in Afric yet ; From which we boldly may infer, The Moon is much the fruitfuller. And, since the mighty Pyrrhus brought...
Página 81 - He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still ; Which he may adhere to, yet disown, For reasons to himself best known ; But 'tis not to b
Página 253 - em in good rents and lands ; Discharge all costly offices, The doctor's and the lawyer's fees, The hangman's wages, and the scores Of caterpillar bawds and whores ; Discharge all damages and costs Of Knights and Squires of the Post ; All statesmen, cutpurses, and padders, And pay for all their ropes and ladders ; All pettifoggers, and all sorts Of markets, churches, and of courts ; All sums of money paid or spent, With all the charges incident, Laid out, or thrown away, or given To purchase this...
Página 149 - What is the nat'ral cause why fish, That always drink, do never piss ; Or whether in their home, the deep, 'By night or day they ever sleep \ If grass be green, or snow be white, But only as they take the light ? Whether possessions of the Devil, Or mere temptations, do most evil \ What is 't, that makes all fountains still Within the earth to run up hill ; so But on the outside down again, As if th' attempt had been in vain ? Or what's the strange magnetic cause, The steel or loadstone's drawn,...
Página 180 - tis plagued, to be the less concern'd. Twice have we seen two dreadful judgments rage, Enough to fright the stubborn'st-hearted age; The one to mow vast crowds of people down, The other (as then...
Página 126 - To th' engine, but immediately He found a mouse was gotten in The hollow tube, and, shut between The two glass windows in restraint Was...
Página 11 - 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.
Página 23 - But still his tongue ran on, the less Of weight it bore, with greater ease ; And, with its everlasting clack, Set all men's ears upon the rack.