 He'd undertake to prove, by force Of 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 goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees.  Hudibras - Seite 2von Samuel Butler - 1859 - 473 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 410 Seiten
...And truly so, perhaps, he was, 'Tis many a pious Christian's case.9 He was in Logic a great critic,i 65 Profoundly skill'd in Analytic ; He could distinguish,...hair 'twixt south, and south-west side ; On either side he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute ;* 70 He'd undertake to prove, by force... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1837 - 342 Seiten
...thus, in the first place, described : — CHARACTER OF SIR HUDIBRAS. He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skill'd in analytic : He could distinguish,...he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute ; He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination : All this by syllogism true,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1837 - 338 Seiten
...thus, in the first place, described : — CHARACTER OP SIR HUDIBRAS. He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skill'd in analytic: He could distinguish,...he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute ; He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination : All this by syllogism true,... | |
 | 1837 - 352 Seiten
...wisdom.— Sir Walter Raleigh. 639. Logician. — He was in Logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic. He could distinguish and divide A hair...he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute. He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse. He'd prove a buzzard is no... | |
 | 1837 - 528 Seiten
...which Butler gives of his hero Sir Hudibras : " He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic ; He could distinguish and divide . A...he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute. He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse; He'd prove a buzzard is no... | |
 | William Cramp - 1838 - 288 Seiten
...DESCRIPTION OF HUDIBRAS' TALENTS AS A LOGICIAN. " He was in Logic o great critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic ; He could distinguish and divide A hair 'twixt south and south west side ; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute ; « He'd... | |
 | James Grant - 1839 - 270 Seiten
...doubt it is so. DR. WHATELY, ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN. He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic. He could distinguish and divide A hair, 'twixt south and south-west side ; All which, by syllogism true, In mood and figure, he would do. — BUTLER. IN the preparation of... | |
 | Mask (pseud.) - 1839 - 260 Seiten
...doubt it is so. DR. WHATELY, ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN. He WMS in logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic. He could distinguish and divide A hair, 'twixt south and south,west side ; All which, by syllogism true, In mood and figure, he would do. — SUTLER. IN the preparation of... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840 - 372 Seiten
...wanted; But much of either would afford To many that had not one word. He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skill'd in analytic : He could distinguish,...he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute : He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse ; He'd prove a buzzard is... | |
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