 He took her naked, all alone, Before one rag of form was on. The Chaos, too, he had descried, And seen quite through, or else he lied; Not that of pasteboard, which men show For groats, at fair of Barthol'mew, But its great grandsire, first o...  Hudibras: In Three Parts, Written in the Time of the Late Wars - Page 62by Samuel Butler - 1744Full view - About this book
 | 1831 - 426 pages
...purblind in the light. By help of these, as he profess'd, He had first matter seen undress'd : 560 He took her naked all alone, Before one rag of form was on. The Chaos too he had descried And seen quite through, or else he lied : Not that of pasteboard, which men shew 565 For groats,... | |
 | Scotland - 1832 - 1014 pages
...honour of the Muses, for— " By help of these as he profess'd, He had first Matter seen undress'd ; He took her naked all alone Before one rag of form was onThen Chaos too he had descried, And seen quite through, or else lie lied." HUD. The Cosmogony glides... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 340 pages
...though purblind in the light. By help of these (as he profest) He had First Matter seen undrest : 460 He took her naked, all alone, Before one rag of form was on. The Chaos, too, he had descry'd, And seen quite through, or else he ly'd : Not that of Pasteboard, which men shew 565 For... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 410 pages
...whatsoe'er incumbers, Or strengthens empire, comes from numbers. Butler's MS. CANTO jj HUDIBRAS. 51 He took her naked, all alone, Before one rag of form was on.7 The chaos too he had descry'd, And seen quite thro', or else he ly'd : Not that of pasteboard,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1841 - 844 pages
...owls, though purblind in the light. By help of these (as he profest) He had First Matter seen undrest ; to have taken his leave of the Muses about the prime of his life, and returned to O descried, And seen quite through, or else he lied ; Not that of pasteboard, which men shew For groats,... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1841 - 346 pages
...ark, but having their seeds and principles ' as he professed, He had first matter seen undressed : He took her naked, all alone, Before one rag of form was on '." ED. in the womb of nature, are everywhere, where the power of the sun is,(3!) in these is the wisdom... | |
 | Samuel Wright - Intellectual life - 1843 - 74 pages
...personal cognizance. Ours is not the privilege of Ralpho, who Profest He had First Matter seen undrest : He took her naked, all alone, Before one rag of form was on. Of the real constitution of matter, to which are owing its essential properties, we are also entirely... | |
 | John England - 1849 - 534 pages
...In magic talisman and cabaI. By help of these, as he profess'd, He had first matter seen undrees'd : He took her naked all alone, Before one rag of form was on. The Chaos too, be had descried And seen quite through, er else he lied, Beside, he was a shrewd philosopher And had... | |
 | Samuel Butler, George Gilfillan - 1854 - 296 pages
...purblind in the light. By help of these (as he profess'd) He had First Matter seen undress'd ; ceo He took her naked, all alone, Before one rag of form was on. The Chaos, too, he had descry'd, And seen quite thro', or else he lied : Not that of Pasteboard, which men shew For groats,... | |
 | John Locke, James Augustus St. John - Language and languages - 1854 - 576 pages
...sage chronicler who celebrates his deeds; — " As he professed, He had first matter seen undressed ; He took her naked, all alone, Before one rag of form was on." — ED. A . >r --t'/J "O" CHAP. X.] ABUSE OF WORDS. 103 abuse, how far it may coucern a great many... | |
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