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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… war of the 17th century, the parliamentary general called Hudibras was encamped with his army at Toddington; and the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… France and was made a knight of St. Louis; he translated Hudibras into French. 109 Another brother, Francis, took an … and assisted the Young Pretender in Scotland in 1745. His Hudibras was published in 1757. He died in London in 1782. …
Old and New London
… his abode in Gray's Inn, close to Butler, the author of "Hudibras," and there they established a nightly Cavalier …
Old and New London
… it recorded on the tomb of Samuel Butler, the author of "Hudibras," that it was erected by a Lord Mayor of London, …
Old and New London
… of so distinguished a guest. Butler, moreover, in his "Hudibras" speaks of "False Heaven at the end of th' Hall." It is stated, too, in an anonymous note on "Hudibras," that at the Restoration the body of Oliver …
Old and New London
… the old cant name for Bridewell, and it is so called in "Hudibras." BEATING HEMP IN BRIDEWELL., AFTER HOGARTH. The …