Hudibras continued.] Then how can any man be said To break an oath he never made? Part ii. Canto ii. Line 377. As the ancients Say wisely, Have a care o' th' main chance,1 And look before you ere you leap ;1 For as you sow, y' are like to reap.2 Part ii. Canto ii. Line 501. Doubtless the pleasure is as great Part ii. Canto iii. Line 1. He made an instrument to know Part ii. Canto iii. Line 261. Each window like a pill'ry appears, With heads thrust thro' nailed by the ears. Part ii. Canto iii. Line 391. To swallow gudgeons ere they 're catched, Part ii. Canto iii. Line 923. There's but the twinkling of a star Between a man of peace and war. Part ii. Canto iii. Line 957. As quick as lightning in the breech, Just in the place where honour's lodged, 1 See Proverbs, p. 607. 2 Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap. Galatians, ch. vi. 7. Cf. Tusser, ante, p. 7. [Hudibras continued. As wise philosophers have judged; Hurts honour, than deep wounds before. Part ii. Canto iii. Line 1067. As men of inward light are wont To turn their optics in upon 't. Part iii. Canto i. Line 481. Still amorous, and fond, and billing, Part iii. Canto i. Line 687. What makes all doctrines plain and clear? Part iii. Canto i. Line 1277. 'Cause grace and virtue are within And therefore no true saint allows Part iii. Canto i. Line 1293. Nick Machiavel had ne'er a trick, Though he gave his name to our old Nick. Part iii. Canto i. Line 1313. With crosses, relics, crucifixes, Beads, pictures, rosaries, and pixes; By mere mechanic operation. Part iii. Canto i. Line 1495. True as the dial to the sun, Part iii. Canto ii. Line 175. Hudibras continued.] For those that fly may fight again, Part iii. Canto iii. Line 243. He that complies against his will Is of his own opinion still. Part iii. Canto iii. Line 547. With books and money plac'd for show, And for his false opinion pay. Part iii. Canto iii. Line 624. ANDREW MARVELL. 1620-1678. And all the way, to guide their chime, In busy companies of men. Bermudas. The Garden. (Translated.) Annihilating all that's made To a green thought in a green shade. Ibid. The world in all doth but two nations bear, The Loyal Scot. JOHN DRYDEN. 1631-1701. ALEXANDER'S FEAST. None but the brave deserves the fair. Line 15. Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain; Fought all his battles o'er again; And thrice he routed all his foes; and thrice he Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Alexander's Feast continued.] Honour, but an empty bubble; If all the world be worth the winning, Take the good the gods provide thee. Sigh'd and look'd, and sigh'd again. Line 97. Line 120. And, like another Helen, fir'd another Troy. Line 154 Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire. Line 160. He rais'd a mortal to the skies, She drew an angel down. Line 169. ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL. Whate'er he did was done with so much ease, In him alone 't was natural to please. Parti. Line 27. A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Parti. Line 156. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, Parti. Line 163. 1 He was one of a lean body and visage, as if his eager soul, biting for anger at the clog of his body, desired to fret a passage through it. - Fuller, Holy and Profane State. Life of Duke d'Alva. 2 Cf. Pope, Essay on Man, Ep. 1, Line 226. |