 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
 | Richard Garnett - Literature - 1899 - 578 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,... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - Literature - 1901 - 468 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,... | |
 | John England - Theology - 1908 - 576 pages
...magic talisman and cabal. By help of these, as he prof ess 'd, He had first matter seen undress 'd: He took her naked all alone, Before one rag of form was on. The Cahos too, he had descried And seen quite through, er else he lied, Beside, he was a shrewd philosopher... | |
 | Modern Language Association of America - Philology, Modern - 1911 - 828 pages
...owls, tho' purblind in the light.3 By help of these, as he profest, He had first matter seen undrest : 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,... | |
 | Hugh Walker - Satire, English - 1925 - 348 pages
...the New Light has revealed the innermost arcana of Nature: — " He had First Matter seen undressed: He took her naked, all alone, Before one rag of form was on." A personage so privileged can easily prove or disprove anything whatsoever. The recreations of the... | |
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - English literature - 1927 - 1432 pages
...though purblind in the light. By help of these (as he profest) 555 He had First Matter seen undrest: ); descried, And seen quite through, or else he lied: 560 Not that of pasteboard, which men shew For groats... | |
 | Marsha Keith Schuchard - History - 2002 - 872 pages
...them in a glass, like water 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.85 The tendency of Scottish Fellows of the Royal Society to link Cabalistic, Rosicrucian, and Masonic... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1684 - 352 pages
...though pur-blind in the light. By help of these (as he profest) He had First Matter seen undrest : 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 Past-board which men shew For Groats... | |
 | Edgell Rickword - 1927 - 370 pages
...in the mind of the reader. Butler's satire is really more poetic, He had First Matter seen undrest : 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,... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - Anthologies - 1901 - 462 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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