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Satires and miscellaneous poetry and prose

Edited by Renbe Lamar

Butler, Samuel (1612-1680)

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THE ELEPHANT IN THE MOON

THE ELEPHANT IN THE MOON

SATYR UPON THE ROYAL SOCIETY

SATYR UPON THE WEAKNESS AND MISERY OF MAN

SATYR UPON THE LICENTIOUS AGE OF CHARLES THE 2D

SATYR UPON GAMING

SATYR UPON OUR RIDICULOUS IMITATION OF THE FRENCH

SATYR UPON DRUNKENNESS

SATYR UPON MARRIAGE

UPON CRITICS Who judge of MODERN PLAYS Precisely by the RULES of the ANTIENTS

SATYR UPON PLAGIARIES

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SATYR UPON THE IMPERFECTION AND ABUSE OF HUMAN LEARNING

1.

2.

FRAGMENTS of an intended SECOND PART of the foregoing SATYR

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UPON AN HYPOCRITICAL NONCONFORMIST

UPON MODERN CRITICS

TO THE HAPPY MEMORY Of the most Renown'd DU-VAL

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To the Honourable EDWARD HOWARD, Esq; Upon his incomparable POEM of the BRITISH PRINCES

A PALINODIE To the Honourable EDWARD HOWARD, Esq; Upon his incomparable BRITISH PRINCES

A PANEGYRIC UPON Sir JOHN DENHAM'S Recovery from his Madness

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BOILEAU SATYR on RHYME

OVID CYDIPPE HER ANSWER TO ACONTIUS

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MISCELLANEOUS PIECES

REPARTEES between CAT and PUSS at a CATERWALLING

UPON PHILIP NYE'S THANKSGIVING BEARD

PROLOGUE TO THE QUEEN OF ARRAGON,

EPILOGUE Upon the same. To the DUTCHESS.

AN EPISTLE to a FRIEND

TO THOMAS ------

TRIPLETS UPON AVARICE

EPIGRAM ON A CLUB of SOTS

DESCRIPTION OF HOLLAND

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POETICAL THESAURUS

ARTS AND SCIENCES

GEOMANCY

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TENTATIVE LINES ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS

Arts and Sciences

Unclassified verses

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GEOMANCY

Geomancy
Is nothing but a Trick to fancy,
That setting down a few smal Pricks
More Short then other Magique tricks,
Like throwing Dice upon the Square,
P[r]edict at Random unaware,
By which no Doubt can be so Hard,
But in a moment may be cleard.