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But still his tongue ran on, the less
Of weight it bore, with greater ease.
Talk
Quotes, by Samuel Butler (1) , Source: Hudibras (pt. III, canto II, l. 443)
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The Roman senate, when within
The city walls an owl was seen,
Did cause their clergy, with lustrations
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The round-fac'd prodigy t' avert,
From doing town or country hurt.
Owls
Quotes, by Samuel Butler (1) , Source: Hudibras (pt. II, canto III, l. 709)
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The moon pull'd off her veil of light,
That hides her face by day from sight
(Mysterious veil, of brightness made,)
That's both her lustre and her shade),
And in the lantern of the night,
With shining horns hung out her light.
Moon
Quotes, by Samuel Butler (1) , Source: Hudibras (pt. II, canto I, l. 905)
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He made an instrument to know
If the moon shine at full or no;
That would, as soon as e'er she shone straight,
Whether 'twere day or night demonstrate;
Tell what her d'ameter to an inch is,
And prove that she's not made of green cheese.
Moon
Quotes, by Samuel Butler (1) , Source: Hudibras (pt. II, canto III, l. 261)
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He that complies against his will,
Is of his own opinion still,
Which he may adhere to, yet disown,
For reasons to himself best known.
Will
Quotes, by Samuel Butler (1) , Source: Hudibras (pt. III, canto III, l. 547)
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He could raise scruples dark and nice,
And after solve 'em in a trice;
As if Divinity had catch'd
The itch, on purpose to be scratched.
Ability
Quotes, by Samuel Butler (1) , Source: Hudibras (pt. I, canto I, l. 163)
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For as our modern wits behold,
Mounted a pick-back on the old,
Much farther off, much further he,
Rais'd on his aged Beast, could see.
Ability
Quotes, by Samuel Butler (1) , Source: Hudibras (pt. I, canto II, l. 971)
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Beside, he was a shrewd philosopher,
And had read ev'ry text and gloss over
Whate'er the crabbed'st author hath,
He understood b' implicit faith.
Philosophy
Quotes, by Samuel Butler (1) , Source: Hudibras (pt. I, canto I, l. 127)
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Quoth Sidrophel, If you suppose,
Sir Knight, that I am one of those,
I might suspect, and take th' alarm,
You bus'ness is but to inform;
But if it be, 'tis ne'er the near,
You have a wrong sow by the ear.
Suspicion
Quotes, by Samuel Butler (1) , Source: Hudibras (pt. II, canto III, l. 575)
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For blocks are better cleft with wedges,
Tan tools of sharp or subtle edges,
And dullest nonsense has been found
By some to be the most profound.
Nonsense
Quotes, by Samuel Butler (1) , Source: Pindaric Ode (IV, l. 82)
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