Excerpt: ...astrologer. His business was to pump and wheedle, 335 And men with their own keys unriddle; And make them to themselves give answers, For which they pay the necromancers; To fetch and carry intelligence, Of whom, and what, and where, and whence, 340 And all discoveries disperse Among th' whole pack of conjurers What cut-purses have left with them For the right owners to redeem; And what they dare not vent find out, 345 To gain themselves and th' art repute; Draw figures, schemes, and horoscopes, Of Newgate, ...
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Excerpt: ...astrologer. His business was to pump and wheedle, 335 And men with their own keys unriddle; And make them to themselves give answers, For which they pay the necromancers; To fetch and carry intelligence, Of whom, and what, and where, and whence, 340 And all discoveries disperse Among th' whole pack of conjurers What cut-purses have left with them For the right owners to redeem; And what they dare not vent find out, 345 To gain themselves and th' art repute; Draw figures, schemes, and horoscopes, Of Newgate, Bridewell, brokers' shops, Of thieves ascendant in the cart; And find out all by rules of art; 350 Which way a serving-man, that's run With cloaths or money away, is gone: Who pick'd a fob at holding forth; And where a watch, for half the worth, May be redeem'd; or stolen plate 355 Restor'd at conscionable rate. Beside all this, he serv'd his master In quality of poetaster; And rhimes appropriate could make To ev'ry month i' th almanack 360 What terms begin and end could tell, With their returns, in doggerel; When the exchequer opes and shuts, And sowgelder with safety cuts When men may eat and drink their fill, 365 And when be temp'rate, if they will; When use and when abstain from vice, Figs, grapes, phlebotomy, and spice. And as in prison mean rogues beat Hemp for the service of the great, 370 So WHACHUM beats his dirty brains, T' advance his master's fame and gains And, like the Devil's oracles, Put into doggrel rhimes his spells, Which, over ev'ry month's blank page 375 I' th' almanack, strange bilks presage. He would an elegy compose On maggots squeez'd out of his nose; In lyrick numbers write an ode on His mistress, eating a black-pudden: 380 And when imprison'd air escap'd her, It puft him with poetic rapture. His sonnets charm'd th' attentive crowd, By wide-mouth'd mortal troll'd aloud, That 'circl'd with his long-ear'd guests, 385 Like ORPHEUS look'd among the beasts. A carman's horse could not pass by, But stood ty'd up to poetry: No...
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Add this copy of Hudibras to cart. $22.07, good condition, Sold by Redux Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wyoming, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1861 by D. Appleton and Company, New York.
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Good. Good hardcover, no DJ. Covers show edge wear. Ex-Library (college) with usual markings. End pages show light staining. Text is clean and unmarked. Binding is tight, hinges reinforced.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
Add this copy of Hudibras to cart. $23.25, fair condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1890 by Frederick Warne and Co.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. With usual stamps and markings, In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Backstrip retaped. Tight binding. Pencil markings. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 600grams, ISBN:
Add this copy of Hudibras (Parts 1, 2 and 3 in One Volume) to cart. $27.23, fair condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1895 by Macmillan.
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Parts 1, 2 and 3 in one volume. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Green cloth front and back boards and backstrip. Gilt lettering on spine. Bent corners on front board. Pages clean. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 550grams, ISBN:
Add this copy of Hudibras to cart. $27.60, good condition, Sold by Bookwitch rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Concord, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1847 by D. Appleton and Company, 1847.
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Good. No Dj. Book 12 mo., hardcover, good in red and gilt decorative boards. Gilt portrait on front cover bright, top of spine worn. small tear in the binding at the head of spine. Heavy foxing to the text and plates Frontis of Charles the First under tissue. 498 pp. a Literary Memoir By the Rev. Treadway Russel Nash.
Add this copy of Hudibras to cart. $28.82, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1892 by Frederick Warne and Co.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Frayed edges. Spine split. No Decoration. Internally clean. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 600grams, ISBN:
Add this copy of Hudibras to cart. $29.13, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2018 by CreateSpace Independent Publis.
Add this copy of Hudibras to cart. $41.69, good condition, Sold by The Guru Bookshop rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hereford, WALES, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1886 by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.
Add this copy of Hudibras to cart. $43.13, fair condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1826 by J.F. Dove.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. With usual stamps and markings, In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Binding slightly loose. Foxing on some pages. Text clean and free of markings. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 200grams, ISBN:
Add this copy of Hudibras to cart. $44.44, very good condition, Sold by Orca Knowledge Systems, Inc rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Novato, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1868 by Appleton.
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Very good. Coffee droplet marks on back cover. Dent to bottom edge on back cover. Bookplate of previous owner on inside front cover. His name is also inked on the title page: E. Donnelly M.D. Pittsburgh, Penn, 1865. Unread. Foxing to the first couple of pages and the last couple of pages. Then random foxing here and there throughout. Binding is tight. No other markings in book. No DJ.
Add this copy of Hudibras to cart. $44.87, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2017 by CreateSpace Independent Publis.
