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A History of the County of Durham
… apprentice to James I, above, p. 37. Mentioned, too, in Hudibras. See New Engl. Dic. The suit is summarized in Arch. …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… Philanglus, (1658.) pp. 125, 126.—See Dr. Grey's Note on Hudibras, part ii. c. ii., where Women "Brought in their …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… sect, the Quakers," and the Bishop's " old friend Hudibras, the delight of the present age," who "will never be … poet that ever wrote." The Bishop had before recommended Hudibras to the Princess, as "in his second Canto of his …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… was entitled "Abuses stript and whipt." Ibid. 274.—See Hudibras, part i. canto i. 646. There were published, in …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… better than our pawn-brokers." These are celebrated in Hudibras. "The oyster-women lock'd their fish up, And trudg'd …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… the Council of State, the House of Commons, and the Army." Hudibras, p. iii. Cant.ii. 1.118, note. Probably misreported. …
Old and New London
… Shakespeare says, "Your love, perhaps, is a hacknie." In "Hudibras" we meet with "a broom, the nag and hackney of a …
Old and New London
… for 530." Lilly, who is the "Sidrophel" of Butler's "Hudibras," and who prophesied for the Parliament and for the …
Old and New London
… prayed for children. In Charles II.'s time, according to "Hudibras," "straw bail" and low rascals of that sort lingered …
Old and New London
… of Sloane Street. From a chance allusion in Butler's "Hudibras" to this place, it may be inferred that in the …
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