Copy 1, Volume 1

Hudibras in three parts; written in the time of the late wars / Corrected and amended. With large annotations, and a preface, by Zachary Grey. Adorn'd with a new set of cuts.

  • Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680
Date:
1772
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Credit: Hudibras in three parts; written in the time of the late wars / Corrected and amended. With large annotations, and a preface, by Zachary Grey. Adorn'd with a new set of cuts. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    may jujily claim a kind of Eternity upon Earth. And our Author, had his modejly permitted him, might 'with Horace have /aid, Exegi Monumentum iEre perennius; Or with OviDj Jamque opus exegi, quod nec Jovis Ira,necIgnis, Nec potent ferrum, nec edax abolere Vetuftas. The Author of this celebrated Poem was of this lajl compoftion; jor altho’ he had not the happi- nefs of an Academical Education, as fome affirm, it may be perceiv'd, throughout his whole Poem, that he had read much, and was very well ac¬ compli] h’d in the mofi ufeful Parts of Plum an Learning. Rapin fin his Reflections) [peaking of the ne- cejfary Qualities belonging to a Poet, tells us, He mujl have a Genius extraordinary ; great Natu¬ ral Gifts; a Wit, juft, fruitful> piercing, folid and univerfal ; Underfunding, clear and di- fin51; <2/2 Imagination, neat and pleafant; <7/2 Ekvation of Soul, that depends not only on Art or Study, but is purely a Gift of Heaven, which muf be fufaind by a lively Sen/e and Vivacity ; Judg¬ ment to confder wifely of Things, and Vivacity Jor the beautiful Exprefion of them. See. New, how jufly this Character is due to our Author, 1 leave to the Impartial Reader, and thofe