Hudibras : in Three Parts, Written in the Time of the Late Wars: 1
The book Hudibras : in Three Parts, Written in the Time of the Late Wars: 1 was written by author Butler Samuel Here you can read free online of Hudibras : in Three Parts, Written in the Time of the Late Wars: 1 book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Hudibras : in Three Parts, Written in the Time of the Late Wars: 1 a good or bad book?
What reading level is Hudibras : in Three Parts, Written in the Time of the Late Wars: 1 book?
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Some ivith the Dev"" I himfelf in League groiv — By^s Reprefentatirve a Negro J] Alluding probably to TamoraQneen of the Goths, (afterwards Wife to the Emperour Saturninus) and Aaron the \'oor, her Gallant : by whom fhe had a Black Child. [Shake' fpears Titus Andronicus, a>5l 4.) This kind of coupling is girded by Jago (in Othello, Moor of Venice : Shakefpear, vol. 7. p. 2)77') to Brabantio, " Z ds Sir, — you'I have your Daughter cover 'd " with a Barbary Horfe, you'' I have your Nephenvs neigh... to you ; *' you'i have Courfers for Cofins, and Gennets for Germans. Vet. I. Y ir. 401, 300 HUDIBRAS. 'Twas this made Fefial-Msiids love-fick. And venture to be bury'd Quick : Some by their Fathers, and their Brothers To be made Mifirejfes and Mothers. 3^. 40I5 402. ""tnxias this made Feftal-Maids love-jick^—And vin-^ ture to he bury'd ^ticL] The Vejial Virgins (if they broke their Vow of Virginity) v/ere buried alive in a place without the City Wall, allotted for that peculiar ufe, {Plutarch in Num.) and thence it was called, Campus Sceleratus, according to Fefius.
User Reviews: