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Page 53
... Hudibras " there is a | Strensham , in Worcestershire , according to his life prefixed to the later editions of his poem , by an unknown writer , and therefore of disputable authority ; and some account is incidentally given by Wood ...
... Hudibras " there is a | Strensham , in Worcestershire , according to his life prefixed to the later editions of his poem , by an unknown writer , and therefore of disputable authority ; and some account is incidentally given by Wood ...
Page 54
... Hudibras , " which Dr. Johnson , notwithstanding what he says above , seems to have supposed was written by Mr. Longueville , the father ; but the contrary is to be inferred from a subsequent passage , wherein the author laments that he ...
... Hudibras , " which Dr. Johnson , notwithstanding what he says above , seems to have supposed was written by Mr. Longueville , the father ; but the contrary is to be inferred from a subsequent passage , wherein the author laments that he ...
Page 55
... Hudibras ; ' and that it was a reproach to the court , that a person of his loyalty and wit should suffer in obscurity , and under the wants he did . The Duke always seemed to hearken to him with attention enough ; and after some time ...
... Hudibras ; ' and that it was a reproach to the court , that a person of his loyalty and wit should suffer in obscurity , and under the wants he did . The Duke always seemed to hearken to him with attention enough ; and after some time ...
Page 56
... Hudibras be considered as the representa- tive of the presbyterians , it is not easy to say why his weapons should be represented as ridi- culous or useless ; for , whatever judgment might ❘ty of excellence . We love to expect ; and ...
... Hudibras be considered as the representa- tive of the presbyterians , it is not easy to say why his weapons should be represented as ridi- culous or useless ; for , whatever judgment might ❘ty of excellence . We love to expect ; and ...
Page 57
... Hudibras " was not a hasty effusion ; it was not produced by a sud- den tumult of imagination , or a short paroxysm of violent labour . To accumulate such a mass of sentiments at the call of accidental desire , or of sudden necessity ...
... Hudibras " was not a hasty effusion ; it was not produced by a sud- den tumult of imagination , or a short paroxysm of violent labour . To accumulate such a mass of sentiments at the call of accidental desire , or of sudden necessity ...
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