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And bid the devil take the hin'most. - Hudibras (pt. I, canto II, l. 633) [Devil] Like feather-bed betwixt a wall And heavy brunt of cannon ball. - Hudibras (pt. I, canto II, l. 871) [Bed] For as our modern wits behold, Mounted a pick-back on the old, Much farther off, much further he, Rais'd on his aged Beast, could see. - Hudibras (pt. I, canto II, l. 971) [Ability] Through thick and thin. - Hudibras (pt. I, canto II, p. 370) [Proverbial Phrases] Fear is an ague, that forsakes And haunts, by fits, those whom it takes; And they'll opine they feel the pain And blows they felt, to-day, again. - Hudibras (pt. I, canto III) [Fear] Ay me! what perils do environ The man that meddles with cold iron! - Hudibras (pt. I, canto III, l. 1) [Perils : Soldiers] If he that in the field is slain Be in the bed of honour lain, He that is beaten may be said To lie in Honour's truckle-bed. - Hudibras (pt. I, canto III, l. 1,047) [Honor] Friend Ralph! thou hast Outrun the constable at last! - Hudibras (pt. I, canto III, l. 1,367) [Death] Cheered up himself with ends of verse And sayings of philosophers. - Hudibras (pt. I, canto III, l. 1011) [Cheerfulness] Nor do I know what is become Of him, more than the Pope of Rome. - Hudibras (pt. I, canto III, l. 263) [Knowledge] I'll make the fur Fly 'bout the ears of the old cur. - Hudibras (pt. I, canto III, l. 278) [Proverbs] What plaguy mischief and mishaps Do dog him still with after claps! - Hudibras (pt. I, canto III, l. 3) [Mischief] H' had got a hurt O' th' inside of a deadlier sort. - Hudibras (pt. I, canto III, l. 309) [Wounds] Now, while the honour thou hast got Is spick and span new. - Hudibras (pt. I, canto III, l. 397) [Honor] With mortal crisis doth portend, My days to appropinque an end. - Hudibras (pt. I, canto III, l. 589) [Future] For those that run away, and fly, Take place at least o' th' enemy. - Hudibras (pt. I, canto III, l. 609) [War] He that is down can fall no lower. - Hudibras (pt. I, canto III, l. 878) [Failure] And as the French we conquer'd once, Now give us laws for pantaloons, The length of breeches and the gathers Port-cannons, periwigs, and feathers. - Hudibras (pt. I, canto III, l. 923) [Fashion] In all the trade of war, no feat Is nobler than a brave retreat. - Hudibras (pt. I, canto III. l. 607) [War] The trenchant blade Toledo trusty. For want of fighting was grown rusty, And ate into itself for lack Of somebody to hew and hack. - Hudibras (pt. I, canto, l. 359) [Peace] The sun had long since in the lap Of Thetis taken out his nap, And, like a lobster boil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn. - Hudibras (pt. II, cant II, l. 29) [Sunrise] Honor is like a widow, won With brisk attempt and putting on. - Hudibras (pt. II, canto I) [Honor] Look before you ere you leap. - Hudibras (pt. II, canto I) [Prudence] Love in your hearts as idly burns As fire in antique Roman urns. - Hudibras (pt. II, canto I) [Love] Some have been beaten till they know What wood a cudgel's of by th' blow: Some kick'd until they can feel whether A shoe be Spanish or neat's leather. - Hudibras (pt. II, canto I, l. 121) [Punishment] Displaying page 5 of 8 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 [5] 6 7 8
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