 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
 | 1840 - 372 Seiten
...either would afford To many that had not one word. He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skiU'd 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... | |
 | Charles Hodge, Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater - 1840 - 644 Seiten
...comic picture drawn by the caustic pen of But» ler, to satirise the logical pedant of his day: — " He could distinguish and divide, A hair 'twixt south...he would dispute, Confute, change hands and still confute ; And run in debt by disputation, And pay with raciocination. All this, by Syllogism true,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 Seiten
...become habits. * Splitters of hairs, like Hudibras, Who was in logic a great critic Profoundly skilled in analytic ; He could distinguish and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side. weaker faction is the firmer in conjunction ; and it is often seen, that a few that are stifl', do... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 Seiten
...circumcised ; And truly so he was perhaps Not as a proselyte, but for claps. 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 Seiten
...But much of either would afford To many, that had riot one word. * * He was in logic a great critic, Z C ? o J J0r T3 ΫP ~ ( A TbL n| a y )...QF ƨF ` ? f @ڑNja ԉ . Y) ~ ލ -( 7 9 H { Tc confute ; He'd undertake to prove by force Of argument a man's no horse ; He'd prove a buzzard is no... | |
 | 1844 - 520 Seiten
...of which his own side was not altogether exempt. For instance — " 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, hy force Of argument, a man's no horse ; He'd prove a buzzard is... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1844 - 372 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,...southwest side ; On either which he would dispute, '220 BIUT1SI1 POETS. He'd ran in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination : All this by syllogism... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 868 Seiten
...essential goodness of God the father of all. Clarke. Sermon l.vol. X. He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skill'd in analytic ; He could distinguish,...and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side. Butler. Hudibrat, part i. can. 2. Tilings that move so swift, as not to affect the senses distinctly... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 290 Seiten
...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 horje ; He'd prove a buzzard is... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 386 Seiten
...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 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... | |
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