 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
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 332 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...and toad, Which makes him have so strong a breath 753 Each night he stinks a queen to death ; Yet I shall rather lie in 'a arms Than yours on any other... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 410 pages
...can demonstrate plain, You have one equal to your mane, 760 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,3 Which makes him have so strong a breath, 755 Each night he stinks a queen to death ; Yet I shall... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - 1836 - 774 pages
...cast nativities, and Buckingham sought for the philosopher's stone, is to be found in Hudibraa : — 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... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1846 - 324 pages
...can demonstrate plain, You have one equal to your mane, 75J I'll be torn piecemeal by a horse, Ere I'll take you for better or worse. The Prince of Cambay's...breath, 755 .Each night he stinks a queen to death ; Vet I shall rather lie in "s arms • Than yours, on any other terms. Quoth he, What nature can afford... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - 1852 - 444 pages
...nativities, "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... | |
 | Samuel Butler, George Gilfillan - 1854 - 296 pages
...750 I'll be torn piecemeal by a horse, Ere I'll take you for better or worse. The Prince of Carnbay'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 Than yours on any other... | |
 | Philip Anderson - 1854 - 218 pages
...wishes to know how the lady's death was caused, I must refer him to the lines in Hudibras, beginning, " The prince of Cambay's daily food Is asp, and basilisk, and toad." This story may be taken for what it is worth. It will probably be received as evidence to shew that,... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1857 - 374 pages
...you can demonstrate plain You have one equal to your mane, 7*3 I'll be torn piecemeal 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 ^5 Each night he stinks a queen to death; Yet I shall rather lie in -s arms Than yours on any other... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1861 - 248 pages
...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 Than yours, on any other terms.' Quoth he, ' What nature can afford I shall produce, upon... | |
 | 1862 - 514 pages
...carried death — whence the decease of, in round (if not sound) numbers, " four thousand concubines." The Prince of Cambay's daily food Is asp, and basilisk, and toad, Which makes him have so strong a breath,f that — the sequitur may be best omitted. True, 'tis a lady tells the story. But the Lady... | |
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