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Quotation by Samuel Butler
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Ernest Pontifex, or The Way of All Flesh Houghton Mifflin (1964)Genuine Remains in Verse and Prose (1759)Hudibras (1663)HudibrasHudibras (1663-1678)Related Subjects
He could foretell whats'ever was
By consequence to come to pass.
As Death of Great Men, Alterations,
Diseases, Battels, Inundations.
All this without th' Eclipse of Sun,
Or dreadful Comet, he hath done
By inward Light, a way as good,
By consequence to come to pass.
As Death of Great Men, Alterations,
Diseases, Battels, Inundations.
All this without th' Eclipse of Sun,
Or dreadful Comet, he hath done
By inward Light, a way as good,
Samuel Butler (1612–1680), British poet. Hudibras. . .
Everyman's Book of English Verse. John Wain, ed. (1981) J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
Everyman's Book of English Verse. John Wain, ed. (1981) J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
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