 tis known he could speak Greek As naturally as pigs squeak; That Latin was no more difficile, Than to a blackbird 'tis to whistle...  Hudibras - Seite 2von Samuel Butler - 1859 - 473 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | H. L. Sidney Lear - 1882 - 200 Seiten
...Epigrams. (1613.) CXXXVII. SIR HUDIBRAS. WE grant, although he had much wit, He was very shy of using it, As being loth to wear it out, And therefore bore it not about, Unless on holidays or so, As men their best apparel do. Besides, 'tis known he could speak Greek As naturally... | |
 | James Hogg, Florence Marryat - 1882 - 780 Seiten
...another alternative— personal safeWE grant, although he had much wit, He was very shy of using it, As being loth to wear it out ; And therefore bore it not about, Unless on holidays or so, As men their best apparel do. BUTLER (Hudibras]. ty and high rewards are in your power.... | |
 | Harriet B. Swineford - 1883 - 302 Seiten
...forty is a fool indeed. YOURS. WIT. We grant, altho' he had much wit, H' was very shy of using it, As being loth to wear it out, And therefore bore it...on holy-days, or so, As men their best apparel do. BUTLER. Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food. HAZLITT. life by tasteless food ; but God has... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 Seiten
...Hudibras. Pt. ii. Canto i. Line 269 We grant, altho' he had much wit, He was very shy of using it ; As being loth to wear it out, And therefore bore it...on holy-days, or so, As men their best apparel do. 5704 Butler : Hudibras. Pt. i. Canto i. Line 45 Too much or too little wit Do only render th' owner... | |
 | Esther J. Trimble Lippincott - 1884 - 536 Seiten
...shoulder-blade. ****** We grant, although he had much wit, H' was very shy of using it, As being loath to wear it out, And therefore bore it not about; Unless on holidays or so, As men their best apparel do. Beside, 't is known he could speak Greek As naturally... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1885 - 364 Seiten
...conceives its limitations, in these lines: We grant although he hail much wit, He was very shy of using it, As being loth to wear it out; And therefore bore it not about, Unless on holidays, or so, As men their best apparel do In composition and in conversation, wit should he hut... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1885 - 530 Seiten
...Hudibras : — We grant, although he had much wit,1 He was very shy of using it ; As being loath 2 to wear it out, And therefore bore it not about, Unless on holidays or so, MILTON AND BUTLER. Beside, 'tis known he could speak Greek As naturally as pigs squeak... | |
 | William Swinton - 1886 - 690 Seiten
...on shoulder-blade. We grant, although he had much wit, H' was very shy of using it, As being loath to wear it out, And therefore bore it not about, Unless on holidays or so, As men their best apparel do. 75 i ecclenlantir. Alluding to the vehement action of... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy, James Riddell, George William Clark - 1890 - 522 Seiten
...devil take her ! SUCKL7M}.. Sir Hudibras. E grant, although he had much h' was very shy of using it, as being loth to wear it out, and therefore bore it not about, unless on holiday or so, as men their best apparel do. besides 'tis known he could speak Greek as naturally as... | |
 | 1892 - 182 Seiten
...all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate," B-SW.LL.— " Beside 'tis known he could speak Greek As naturally as pigs squeak ; That Latin was not more difficile Than to a black-bird 'tis to whistle." BR-DH — D. — "Some smack of age in him,... | |
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