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" To sum up this long rigmarole, I have, dear B , what you no doubt perceive, for the metaphysical poets, as poets, the most sovereign contempt. That they have followers proves nothing — No Indian prince has to his palace More followers than a thief to... "
Hudibras - Page 188
by Samuel Butler - 1850 - 498 pages
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The Inspector. ...

John Hill - 1753 - 360 pages
...glory and offliame, Like Eail and Weft become the fame. And that as to his numerous attendants,—— No Indian Prince has to his palace More followers than a thief to th' gallows. lam, SIR, Tour bumble Servant, RB TH* THE INSPECTOR. N. 57. Die <uerKm mibi, Marce, flic...
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Hudibras: In Three Parts. Written in the Time of the Civil Wars. By Samuel ...

Samuel Butler - 1773 - 404 pages
...with their own weights: *70 Th' extremes of glory and of fliame, Like eaft and weft, become the fame : No Indian prince has to his palace More followers than a thief to th' gallows. But if a beating feem fo brave, 175 What glories muft a whipping have? Such great atchievements...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volumes 6-7

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 738 pages
...with their own weights i 170 Th' extremes of glory and of fhame, Like eaft and weft, become the fame. No Indian prince has to his palace More followers than a thief to the gallows. But if a beating feem fo brave, 175 What glories muft a whipping have ? Such great achievements cannot...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 13

English poets - 1790 - 342 pages
...their own weights : , 270 Th' extremes of glory and of fhame, Like eaft and weft, become the fame. No Indian prince has to his palace More followers than a thief to the gallows. But if a beating feem fo brave, j*r What glories muft a-whipping have ? Such great achievements cannot...
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The Works of the British Poets, Volume 5

Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 740 pages
...fink with their own weights : Th' extremes of glory and tf thame, Like eafl and weft, become the fame. No Indian prince has to his palace More followers than a thief to the galk>TV> But if a beating feem fo brave. What glories mull a whipping have J Such great achievements...
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The Poetical Works of Samuel Butler: In Three Volumes. Collated with the ...

Samuel Butler, Thomas Park - 1808 - 506 pages
...sink with their own weights: The' extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same. No Indian prince has to his palace More followers than a thief to the gallows. Bnt if a beating seem so brave, What glories mnst a whipping have? Snch great achievements cannot fail...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 8

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 654 pages
...sink with their own weights : Th' extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same. No Indian prince has to his palace More followers than a thief to the gallows. But if a beating seem so brave, What glories must a whipping have ? Such great achievements cannot...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 9

Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 412 pages
...with their own weights : The' extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same'. No Indian prince has to his palace More followers, than a thief to the gallows. But if a beating seem so brave, What glories must a whipping have ? Such gveat achievements cannot...
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Lectures on the English Comic Writers: Delivered at the Surry Institution

William Hazlitt - English literature - 1819 - 368 pages
...incredible extravagance ||, by comparing things that are alike or not alike. He surprises equally by * "No Indian prince has to his palace More followers than a thief to the gallows." f " And in his nose, like Indian king, He (Bruin) wore for ornament a ring." J " Whose noise whets...
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Hudibras, a Poem, Volume 1

Samuel Butler - English poetry - 1819 - 560 pages
...with their own weights: 270 Th' extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west become the same : No Indian prince has to his palace More followers than a thief to th' gallows. But if a beating seem so brave, 27-5 What glories must a whipping have? Such great achievements...
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