 I'll be torn piece-meal by a horse, Ere I'll take you for better or worse. The Prince of Cambay's daily food Is asp, and basilisk, and toad, Which makes him have so strong a breath, Each night he stinks a queen to death ; Yet I shall rather lie in's arms...  Hudibras - Page 66by Samuel Butler - 1819Full view - About this book
 | John Bell - 1797 - 722 pages
...demonstrate plain, You have one equal to your mane, 75lJ I 'II be torn piecemeal by a horse, Eve I Ml take you for better or worse. The Prince of Cambay's daily food Is asp, and basilisk, a iil toad, Which makes him have so strong a breath, 75! Each night he stinks a queen to death ; Cantt... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Thomas Park - 1808 - 506 pages
...demonstrate plain. Yon have one eqnal to yonr mane, I'll be torn piece-meal by a horse, Ere I'll take yon for better or worse. The Prince of Cambay's daily...basilisk, and toad, Which makes him have so strong a broath, Kach night he stinks a qneen to death ; Yet I shall rather lie in's arms Than yonr's, on any... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 pages
...mane, I'll be torn piecemeal by a horse, Ere I'll take you for better or worse. The prince of Cambay'a daily food Is asp, and basilisk, and toad, Which makes him have so strong a breath. Each night he stinks a queen to death ; Yet I shall rather lie in 's arms Than your's on any other... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1812 - 876 pages
...plain, You have une equal to your mane, TSO I'll be torn piece-meal by a horse, Ere I 'II take you lor better or worse. The Prince of Cambay's daily food...basilisk, and toad; Which makes him have so strong ab;eath, 755 Each night he slinks a queen to death ; Yet I shall rather lie in 's arms Than youi's,... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1819 - 560 pages
...can demonstrate plain, You have one equal to your mane, 7-5O I'll be torn piece-meal by a horse, Ere I'll take you for better or worse. The Prince of Cambay's...to death ; Yet I shall rather lie in 's arms Than your's, on any other terms. Quoth he, What nature can afford,. I shall produce, upon my word; 760 And... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 412 pages
...you can demonstrate plain, You have one equal to your mane, I'll be torn piece-meal by a horse, Ere I'll take you for better or worse. The Prince of Cambay's...and toad, Which makes him have so strong a breath. Each night he stinks a queen to death ; Yet I shall rather lie in's arms Than yew's, on any other terms.'... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1822 - 532 pages
...you can demonstrate plain You have one equal to your mane, 750 I'll be torn piecemeal by a horse Ere I'll take you for better or worse. The Prince of Cambay's...he stinks a queen to death ; Yet I shall rather lie in's arms Than yours, on any other terms. Quoth he, What Nature can afford I shall produce, upon my... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 314 pages
...you can demonstrate plain, You have 'one equal to your mane, I'll be torn piece-meal by a horse, Ere I'll take you for better or worse. The Prince of Cambay's...and toad, Which makes him have so strong a breath, Each night he stinks a queen to death ; Yet I shall rather lie in's arms Than your's, on any other... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 842 pages
...religion atheistical, so in understanding brutish. Corbet. The prince of Cambay's daily food Is asps, and basilisk, and toad ; Which makes him have so strong a breath, .Kach night he stinks a queen to death. Hudibras. A river of so strong a current that it sufTereth... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - 1833 - 764 pages
...cast nativitics, and Buckingham sought for the philosopher's stone, is to be found in Hudibras: — The Prince of Cambay's daily food Is Asp, and Basilisk,...and Toad, Which makes him have so strong a breath Each night he stinks a Queen to death. Marvell was manifestly much addicted to light reading; a proof... | |
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