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... Hudibras , I have had occasion to read through , for editorial purposes , some three or four times . I hope , however , to remedy whatever omissions or imperfections may from time to time be discovered by an Appendicula of Curę ...
... Hudibras , I have had occasion to read through , for editorial purposes , some three or four times . I hope , however , to remedy whatever omissions or imperfections may from time to time be discovered by an Appendicula of Curę ...
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... Hudibras . - M . T. Thoughts . BYROM , John , 1691--1763 . BYRON , George Gordon , Lord , 1788-1824 . B. Ab . Bride of Abydos.- Ch . H. Childe Harold . - Cors . Corsair . - Doge V. Doge of Venice.- D. J. Don Juan . - Eng . B. English ...
... Hudibras . - M . T. Thoughts . BYROM , John , 1691--1763 . BYRON , George Gordon , Lord , 1788-1824 . B. Ab . Bride of Abydos.- Ch . H. Childe Harold . - Cors . Corsair . - Doge V. Doge of Venice.- D. J. Don Juan . - Eng . B. English ...
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... Hudibras . Authors are judg'd by strange capricious rules , Gay , Fable 10 . The great ones are thought mad , the small ones fools ; Yet sure the best are more severely fated , Pope . Pope , Apol . 27 . For fools are only laughed at ...
... Hudibras . Authors are judg'd by strange capricious rules , Gay , Fable 10 . The great ones are thought mad , the small ones fools ; Yet sure the best are more severely fated , Pope . Pope , Apol . 27 . For fools are only laughed at ...
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... Hudibras . Though drubb'd , can lose no honour by't . Butler , Hudibras None but the brave deserves the fair . Dryden , Alex . Feast , 1 . How sleep the brave , who sink to rest , By all their country's wishes blest ! By fairy hands ...
... Hudibras . Though drubb'd , can lose no honour by't . Butler , Hudibras None but the brave deserves the fair . Dryden , Alex . Feast , 1 . How sleep the brave , who sink to rest , By all their country's wishes blest ! By fairy hands ...
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... Hudibras . All desperate hazards courage do create , As he plays frankly who has least estate : Presence of mind , and courage in distress , Are more than armies to procure success . Dryden . Aurengz . The brave man seeks not popular ...
... Hudibras . All desperate hazards courage do create , As he plays frankly who has least estate : Presence of mind , and courage in distress , Are more than armies to procure success . Dryden . Aurengz . The brave man seeks not popular ...
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