...these doggerel rhymes than of the parts that really deserve admiration. I am sure I have heard the " Pulpit, drum ecclesiastic Was beat with fist instead of a stick," and " There was an ancient sage philosopher That had read Alexander Ross over," more frequently quoted...

...our poets with particular attention to this delicacy of versification, and wonders at the supineness with which their works have been hitherto perused,...notice: ' Honour is like the glassy bubble, ' Which cost philosophers such trouble ; ' Where, one part crack'd, the whole does fly, ' And wits are crack'd...

...our poets with particular attention to this delicacy of versification, and wonders at the supineness with which their works have been hitherto perused,...notice: ' Honour is like the glassy bubble, ' Which cost philosophers such trouble; ' Where, one part crack'd, the whole does fly, ' And wits are crack'd...

...the edition by John Nichols and others. To other notes from this edition I append the letter N.] 3 " When pulpit drum ecclesiastic Was beat with fist instead of a stick." •• Hudibras," Port I., 0. i., 1. 10. « Jack Ogle, said to have been descended from a decent family...

...our poets with particular attention to this delicacy of versification, and wonders at the supineness with which their works have been hitherto perused,...instead of a stick"; and that the wonderful lines upon Honor and a Bubble have hitherto passed without notice : " Honor ia like the glassy bubble, "Which...

...our poets with particular attention to this delicacy of versification, and wonders at the supineness with which their works have been hitherto perused,...sound of a drum in this distich: '' When pulpit, drum ecclesiastick, Was beat with fist instead of a stick ;" and that the wonderful lines upon honour and...

...our poets with particular attention to this delicacy of versification, and wonders at the supineness with which their works have been hitherto perused,...notice ; " Honour is like the glassy bubble, Which cost philosophers such trouble ; Where, one part crack'd, the whole does fly, And wits are crack'd...

...our poets with particular attention to this delicacy of versification, and wonders at the supineness with which their works have been hitherto perused,...ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist instead of a stick ; " 2 and that the wonderful lines upon honour and a bubble have hitherto passed without notice : "...

...our poets with particular attention to this delicacy of versification, and wonders at the supineness with which their works have been hitherto perused,...ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist instead of a stick ;"a and that the wonderful lines upon honour and a bubble have hitherto passed without notice ; " Honour...

...hundred well-armed men from the Middle Ward.* • See Note P, - Skirmish at Drumclog. CHAPTER XVIII. When pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist instead of a stick. HUDIDRAS. IN the meantime, the insurgent cavalry returned from the pursuit, jaded and worn out with...