Some have been beaten till they know What wood a cudgel 's of by th' blow; Some kick'd until they can feel whether A shoe be Spanish or neat's leather.
Some have been beaten till they know What wood a cudgel 's of by th' blow; Some kick'd until they can feel whether A shoe be Spanish or neat's leather.
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing)
Hudibras. Part ii. Canto i. Line 221.
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- attributed · historical anthology
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- c. 1640 AD · renaissance
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- Public domain (United States)
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