Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n
Text snippets containing the quad
|
ID |
Title |
Author |
Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication) |
STC |
Words |
Pages |
|
A62195
|
A satyr against marriage directed to that inconsiderable animal called husband.
|
Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680.
|
1680
(1680)
|
Wing S710A; ESTC R26228
|
1,263
|
1
|
a_o satyr_n against_o marriage_n direct_v to_o that_o inconsiderable_a animal_n call_v husband_n husband_n thou_o dull_a unpitied_a miscreant_n wed_v to_o noise_n to_o misery_n and_o want_v sell_v a_o eternal_a vassal_n for_o thy_o life_n oblige_v to_o cherish_v and_o to_o heat_v a_o wife_n drudge_n on_o till_o fifty_o at_o thy_o own_o expense_n breath_n out_o thy_o life_n in_o one_o impertinence_n repeat_v thy_o loathe_a embrace_n every_o night_n prompt_v to_o act_n by_o duty_n not_o delight_n christen_v thy_o froward_a bantling_n every_o year_n and_o careful_o thy_o spurious_a issue_n rear_n go_v once_o a_o week_n to_o see_v the_o brat_n at_o nurse_n and_o let_v the_o young_a impostor_n drain_v thy_o purse_n hedg-sparrow-like_a what_o cuckoo_n have_v beget_v do_v thou_o maintain_v incorrigible_a sot_n oh_o i_o can_v curse_v the_o pimp_n that_o can_v do_v less_o he_o be_v beneath_o pity_n and_o beyond_o redress_n pox_n on_o he_o let_v he_o go_v what_o can_v i_o say_v anathema_n on_o he_o be_v throw_v away_o the_o wretch_n be_v marry_v &_o have_v know_v the_o worst_a and_o now_o his_o blessing_n be_v he_o can_v be_v curse_v marry_v o_o hell_n and_o fury_n name_v it_o not_o hence_o hence_o you_o holy_a cheat_n a_o plot_n a_o plot._n marriage_n be_v but_o a_o license_v way_n to_o sin_n a_o noose_n to_o catch_v religious_a woodcock_n in_o or_o the_o nickname_n of_o some_o malicious_a friend_n beget_v in_o hell_n to_o prosecute_v mankind_n it_o be_v the_o destroyer_n of_o our_o peace_n and_o health_n mispender_n of_o our_o precious_a time_n and_o wealth_n the_o enemy_n to_o wit_n valour_n mirth_n all_o that_o we_o can_v virtuous_a good_a or_o pleasant_a call_n by_o day_n it_o be_v nothing_o but_o a_o endless_a noise_n by_o night_n the_o echo_n of_o forget_v joy_n abroad_o the_o sport_n and_o wonder_n of_o the_o crowd_n at_o home_o the_o hourly_a breach_n of_o what_o we_o vow_v in_o its_o opium_n to_o our_o lustful_a rage_n which_o sleep_v a_o while_n and_o wake_v again_o in_o age._n it_o heap_n on_o all_o man_n much_o but_o useless_a care_n forthwith_o more_o trouble_v they_o less_o happy_a be_v it_o check_v youth_n shorten_v life_n &_o taint_v the_o mind_n our_o sense_n paul_n and_o strike_v our_o reason_n blind_a you_o god_n that_o man_n by_o his_o own_o slavish_a law_n shall_v on_o himself_o such_o inconvenience_n draw_v if_o we_o will_v wise_a nature_n law_n obey_v those_o chalk_n he_o out_o a_o far_o more_o pleasant_a way_n she_o bid_v free_o look_v like_a and_o enjoy_v therefore_o when_o lusty_a youth_n &_o wine_n conspire_v to_o flame_n the_o blood_n unto_o a_o generous_a fire_n we_o must_v not_o think_v the_o gallant_a will_v endure_v the_o durient_a rage_v of_o his_o calenture_n nor_o always_o in_o his_o single_a pleasure_n burn_v though_o nature_n handmaid_n sometime_o serve_v the_o turn_n no_o he_o must_v have_v a_o sprightly_a youthful_a wench_n in_o equal_a flood_n of_o love_n his_o flame_n to_o quench_v one_o that_o will_v hold_v he_o in_o her_o clasp_v arm_n and_o in_o that_o circle_n all_o his_o spirit_n charm_v that_o with_o new_a motion_n and_o unpractised_a art_n can_v raise_v his_o soul_n &_o then_o ensnare_v his_o heart_n hence_o spring_v the_o noble_a fortunate_a and_o great_a always_o beget_v in_o passion_n and_o in_o seat_n but_o the_o dull_a offspring_n of_o the_o marriagebed_n what_o be_v it_o but_o a_o humane_a shape_n in_o lead_n a_o slothful_a lump_n engender_v of_o all_o ill_n beget_v like_o d_o against_o the_o parent_n wi_n if_o it_o be_v cukoldize_v it_o be_v double_o spoil_a the_o mother_n fear_n be_v entail_v upon_o the_o child_n thus_o whether_o illegitimate_a or_o not_o coward_n and_o fool_n in_o wedlock_n be_v beget_v let_v no_o ennoble_v soul_n himself_o debase_v by_o lawful_a way_n to_o dasterdize_v his_o race_n but_o if_o he_o must_v pay_v nature_n debt_n in_o kind_a to_o check_v the_o grow_a danger_n let_v he_o find_v some_o willing_a female_a out_o what_o though_o she_o be_v the_o very_a scum_n and_o dregs_o of_o infamy_n though_o she_o be_v linsey-woolsey_n bawd_n &_o whore_n close-stool_n to_o venus_n nature_n common-shore_n impudence_n folly_n brandy_n and_o disease_n the_o sunday_n crack_v for_o suburb-prentice_n what_o then_o she_o be_v better_a than_o a_o wife_n by_o half_a and_o if_o thou_o be_v still_a unmarried_a thou_o be_v safe_a with_o whore_n thou_o can_v but_o venture_v what_o be_v lose_v may_v be_v redeem_a again_o with_o care_n and_o cost_n but_o a_o damn_a wife_n inevitable_a fate_n destroy_v soul_n body_n credit_n and_o estate_n finis_fw-la