 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
 | Francis Garden - Philosophy - 1878 - 280 pages
...something, and has therefore some form. Only Ealpho in Hudibras, He had first matter seen undressed ; He took her naked all alone, Before one rag of form was on." When the word matter is used in this sense, it is in antithesis to form not to mind; and it may easily... | |
 | Francis Garden - Philosophy - 1878 - 280 pages
...has therefore some form. Only Ealpho in Hudibras, " professed He had first matter seen undressed ; He took her naked all alone, Before one rag of form was on." When the word matter is used in this sense, it is in antithesis to form not to mind; and it may easily... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1881 - 270 pages
...though purblind in the light. By help of these as he professed, 5 6o He had First Matter seen undressed: 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 ; 565 Not that of pasteboard, which men shew For... | |
 | Joseph William Reynolds - Miracles - 1881 - 482 pages
...ultimate atoms, and do as the alchymist in " Hudibras "— " He had first matter seen undressed ; And took her naked all alone Before one rag of form was on ; " or were we able to behold the waves of light aether, know their size, form, force ; trace atom... | |
 | John Locke - Philosophy - 1892 - 572 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." — iln. abuse, how far it may concern a great many other general terms I leave to be considered. This,... | |
 | John Locke - Philosophy - 1892 - 566 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."—Ea •buse, how far it may concern a great many other general terms I leave to be considered.... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Reginald Brimley Johnson - 1893 - 408 pages
...though purblind in the light. By help of these (as he profest) He had First Matter seen undrcst : 560 He took her naked, all alone, Before one rag of form was on. The Ohaos, too, he had dcscry'd, And seen quite through, or else he ly'd : Not that of pasteboard, which... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Reginald Brimley Johnson - 1893 - 396 pages
...though purblind in the light. By help of these (as he profest) He had First Matter seen undrest : see He took her naked, all alone, Before one rag of form was on. The Ohaos, too, he had desery'd, And seen quite through, or else he ly'd : Not that of pasteboard, which... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...though purblind in the light. By help of these, as he professed, He had First Matter seen undressed : 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,... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 444 pages
...though purblind in the light. By help of these, as he professed, He had First Matter seen undressed : 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,... | |
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