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Samuel Butler

Born

in Strensham, Worcestershire, England, The United Kingdom

February 08, 1612

Died

September 25, 1680

Genre

Poetry, Satire

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Author of Hudibras.

For the author of Erewhon and The Way of All Flesh, see Samuel Butler.

Samuel Butler was the son of a farmer. His date of birth is unknown, but there is documentary evidence for the date of his baptism. He was educated at the King's School, Worcester, under Henry Bright whose teaching is recorded favourably by Thomas Fuller, a contemporary writer, in his Worthies of England. In early youth he was a servant to the Countess of Kent. Through Lady Kent he met her steward, the jurist John Selden who influenced his later writings. He also tried his hand at painting but was reportedly not very good at it; one of his editors reporting that "his pictures served to stop windows and save the tax" (on window glass).

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	Hudibras 3.88 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1663 — 602 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dildoides. A burlesque poem. By Samuel Butler, gent. With a key explaining several names and characters in Hudibras. Never before printed. 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1706 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Genuine Remains in Verse and Prose of Mr. Samuel Butler ... Published From the Original Manuscripts, Formerly in the Possession of W. Longueville, esq.; With Notes by R. Thyer by Samuel Butler, Robert Thyer it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Genuine Remains in Verse and Prose of Mr. Samuel Butler, Author of Hudibras. Published From the Original Manuscripts, Formerly in the Possession of W. Longueville; With Notes by R. Thyer Volume 2 by Samuel Butler, Robert Thyer it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Genuine Remains in Verse and Prose of Mr. Samuel Butler ...: Published From the Original Manuscripts, Formerly in the Possession of W. Longueville, Esq.; With Notes by R. Thyer, Volume 1 by Samuel Butler, Robert Thyer it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Samuel Butler, and His Hudibras and Other Works by Samuel Butler, Alexander Ramsay (Creator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Tedious Man and Other Characters (The Characters Series) by Samuel Butler, Maude Spekes (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1759	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Genuine Poetical Remains of Samuel Butler by Samuel Butler, Robert Thyer it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hudibras. Part I really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010 — 131 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hudibras: Parts 1 and 2 and Selected Other Writings it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game; true as a dial to the sun, although it be not shined upon.”
― Samuel Butler, Hudibras

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“His knowledge was not far behind
The knight's, but of another kind,
And he another way came by't ;
Some call it Gifts, and some New Light.
A lib'ral art, that costs no pains
Of study, industry, or brains.”
― Samuel Butler, Hudibras

tags: humour, knowledge

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“Printers finde by experience that one Murther is worth two Monsters, and at least three Walking Spirits. For the consequence of Murther is hanging, with which the Rabble is wonderfully delighted. But where Murthers and Walking Spirits meet, there is no other Narrative can come near it.”
― Samuel Butler

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