 H' had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules he did it by ; Else when with greatest art he spoke, You'd think he talk'd like other folk ; For all a rhetorician's rules Teach nothing but to name his tools.  Hudibras, a Poem - Seite 2von Samuel Butler - 1819Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1856 - 602 Seiten
...he happened to break off I' the middle of his speech, or cough, H' had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules he did it by. Else, when with greatest art he spoke, You'd think he talked like other folk ; For all a rhetorician's rules Teach nothing but to name his tools. But," &c.... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1857 - 374 Seiten
...happen'd to break off I' th' middle of his speech, or cough, IF had hard words ready to show why, 35 And tell what rules he did it by ; Else, when with...talk'd like other folk ; For all a rhetorician's rules V. 75. Such was Alderman Pennington, who sent a person to Newgate for singing (what he called) ' a... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 Seiten
...to break otf In tli' middle of his speech, or cough, H' had hard words ready to show why, And toll what rules he did it by ; Else when with greatest...like other folk ; For all a rhetorician's rules Teach notliing but to name his tools. But when he pleased to show't, his speech, In loftiness of sound, was... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 Seiten
...he happened to break off F the middle of his speech, or cough, He had hard words, ready to show why, And tell what rules he did it by: Else, when with greatest art he spoke, You'd think he talked like other folk; For all a rhetorician's rules Teach nothing but to name his tools. RELIGION... | |
 | James William Gilbart - 1857 - 414 Seiten
...he happen'd to break off I' the middle of his speech, or cough, He 'd hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules he did it by ; Else, when with greatest art he spoke, You 'd think he talk'd like other folk ; For all the rhetorician's rules Teach nothing but to name... | |
 | James William Gilbart - 1857 - 416 Seiten
...he happen'd to break off I' the middle of his speech, or cough, He 'd hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules he did it by ; Else, when with greatest art he spoke, You 'd think he talk'd like other folk ; For all the rhetorician's rules Teach nothing but to name... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 780 Seiten
...he happen'd to break off In th" middle of his speech, or cough, H' had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules he did it by; Else when with greatest art he spoke, You'd think he tnlk'd like other folk; For all a rhetorician's rules Teach nothing but to namo his tools. . But when... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1858 - 412 Seiten
...by the Puritans, gave occasion to Butler's ridicule of his hero:— For when he pleas'd to show't, his speech In loftiness of sound was rich, A Babylonish dialect, Which learned pedants much affect: 'Twas English cut on Greek and Latin, Like fustian heretofore on satin. Hudibros, p. 1, c. 1, 91. 98.... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1859 - 624 Seiten
...happen'd to break off I' th' middle of his speech, or cough,4 H' had hard words ready, to show why,8 86 And tell what rules he did it by. Else, when with...Teach nothing but to name his tools. 90 But when he pleased to show 't, his speech In loftiness of sound was rich ; 1 Such was Alderman Pennington, who... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 Seiten
...happen'd to break off I' til' middle of his speech, or cough, H1 had hard words ready to show why. And tell what rules he did it by ; Else, when with...rhetorician's rules Teach nothing but to name his tools. But, when he pleas'd to show 't, his speech, In loftiness of sound, was rich ; A Babylonish dialect,... | |
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