Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive, and Narrative Poets of Great Britain, from Chaucer to the Present Day:: With a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Early English Poetry, and Biographical and Critical Notices, |
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... Hudibras .. 242 RICHARD LOVELACE ............ JOHN SUCKLING The Wedding ....... Song ....... To Althea , from Prison ....... To a Rose The Grasshopper . To Lucasta , going to the Wars ............................ ib . 244 246 247 ...
... Hudibras .. 242 RICHARD LOVELACE ............ JOHN SUCKLING The Wedding ....... Song ....... To Althea , from Prison ....... To a Rose The Grasshopper . To Lucasta , going to the Wars ............................ ib . 244 246 247 ...
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... witty and learned author of Hudibras was the son of a small farmer in Worcestershire . Butler attended Cam- bridge for a short time . He afterwards appears to have earned a precarious living , first as clerk to a 240 BUTLER . SAMUEL BUTLER.
... witty and learned author of Hudibras was the son of a small farmer in Worcestershire . Butler attended Cam- bridge for a short time . He afterwards appears to have earned a precarious living , first as clerk to a 240 BUTLER . SAMUEL BUTLER.
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... Hudibras may be dated from this residence . The first part of this remarkable poem was published after the Restoration ; the other parts at long intervals . It was quoted , re- cited , and constantly perused at court ; but admiration ...
... Hudibras may be dated from this residence . The first part of this remarkable poem was published after the Restoration ; the other parts at long intervals . It was quoted , re- cited , and constantly perused at court ; but admiration ...
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... HUDIBRAS . His doublet was of sturdy buff , And though not sword , yet cudgel - proof , Whereby ' twas fitter for his use , Who fear'd no blows but such as bruise . His breeches were of rugged woollen , And had been at the siege of ...
... HUDIBRAS . His doublet was of sturdy buff , And though not sword , yet cudgel - proof , Whereby ' twas fitter for his use , Who fear'd no blows but such as bruise . His breeches were of rugged woollen , And had been at the siege of ...
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