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...passed for restoring all advowsons, glebe-lands and tythes, &c. to bis majesty's loyal subjects. 5 And when he happen'd to break off I' th' middle of...speech, or cough, H' had hard words, ready to shew why, And tell what rules he did it by.] ie Aposiopesis — Quos ego— sed motoi, &c. H' had hard words,...

...disputation, And pay with ratiocination. All this by syllogism true, In mood and figure, he would do. 80 For Rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope : And when he happen'd to break off5 I' th' middle of his speech, or cough, s A calf an Alderman, a goose a Justice,] A doggrel Alexandrine...

...disputation, And pay with ratiocination. All this by syllogism true, In mood and figure, he would do. 80 For Rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope : And when he happen'd to break off5 I' th' middle of his speech, or cough, 3 A calf an Alderman, a goose a Justice,"] A doggrel Alexandrine...

...disputation, And pay with ratiocination : All this by syllogism true, In mood and figure he would do. For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out...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 talk'd...

...disputation, And pay with ratiocination : All this by syllogism true, In mood and figure he would do. For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out...there flew a trope : And when he happen'd to break off 1' th' middle of his speech, or cough, H' had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules he...

...disputation, And pay with ratiocination : All this by syllogism true, In mood and figure he would do. For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope: And when he happen'd to break oft 1' th' middle of his speech, or cough, H' had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules...

...disputation, And pay with ratiocination. All this by syllogism, true In mood and figure, he would do. For Rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope. — Butler. 640. Made/sty of True Wisdom. — There is, among the records of "Newton, a sentence in...

...We do not question but you arc as great an orator as sir Hudibras, of whom the poet sweetly sings. -He could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope." If you will send us down the half dozen well-turned periods, that produced such dismal effects in your...

...serious doubts of the " orator fit" adage — whether, like the Roundhead knight, When he happened to break off I' th' middle of his speech, or cough, H' had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules he did it by, or not, I cannot tell. He certainly impressed me with the...