| Samuel Butler - 1750 - 488 Seiten
...'twixt fouth and fouth-weft fide ; On either which he wou'd difpute, 70 Confute, change hands, and fell confute ; He'd undertake to prove by force Of argument a man's no horfe i He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a Lord may be an owl ; 75 A calf an Alderman, a goofe... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1753 - 466 Seiten
...Epicure! prutlentijime d'.ffntait. On either which he would difpute, 70 Confute, change hands, and ltill confute ; He'd undertake to prove by force Of argument a man's no horfe ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a Lord may be an Owl, 75 A calf an Alderman, a goofe... | |
| John Bell - 1797 - 722 Seiten
...lsTot as a proselyte, but for claps. He was in logic a great critie, 65 Profoundly skill'din analytic; He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south...undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse : He'd prove a buxaard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl ; Iqnguages there, where he is sure... | |
| 1802 - 448 Seiten
...— • r. 59. MR. WINDHAM. He was in logic a good critic, Profoundly skill'd in analytic : He would distinguish and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side ; On either side whieh he'd dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute. y.6S. MR. PITT. _ when he pleas'd... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 Seiten
...Profoundly skill'd in analytic ; He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south and so'jth-west ~ ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl ; A calf an alderman, a goose a justice,... | |
| 1811 - 706 Seiten
...Calvinist, must be like Hudibras, who Was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic : He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south...dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute. As we despair to see such a genius during our days, we do not hesitate to sing a requiem to the apprehensions... | |
| 1811 - 708 Seiten
...Calvinist, must be like Hudibras, who Was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic i He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south...dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute. As we despair to see such a genius during our days, we do not hesitate to sing a requiem to the apprehensions... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1811 - 510 Seiten
...distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt sonth and sonth-west side; On either which he would dispnte, Confnte, change hands, and still confute ; .He'd undertake to prove, by force O'f argument, a man's no horse : . He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, • . And that a lord may be an owl ; . A calf an alderman, a... | |
| 1811 - 982 Seiten
...critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic : He -could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south aad south-west side : On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute., As we despair to see such a genius during our days, we do not hesitate to sing a requiem to the apprehensions... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1812 - 876 Seiten
...great critic, 65 Profoandly skill'd in analytic; " He could distinguish and divide A hair, 'twixt sooth and south-west side : On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute. 70 He'd undertake to prove, by force ' Of argument, a man's no horse ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl,... | |
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