 | 1837 - 352 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1837 - 478 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Mask (pseud.) - 1839 - 256 Seiten
...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 idea that he was not likely to be of great... | |
 | James Grant - 1839 - 270 Seiten
...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 idea that he was not likely to be of great... | |
 | John Patterson (maj.) - 1840 - 388 Seiten
...to his fair one, ending with this line, I am, my lovely ' Dalby,' ever thine." THE MAD NEWTONIAN. " For Rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope ; In mathematics he was greater Than Tycho Brahe, or Erra Pater ; For he by geometric scale Could take... | |
 | Francis Edward Paget - 1843 - 344 Seiten
...sinking under her, and she fell to the ground fainting. CHAPTER XI. ('"•rent Ctn anf little Ktool. " For Rhetoric, he could not ope .His mouth, but out...flew a trope ; And when he happened to break off I' th' middle of his speech, or cough, H' had hard words ready to shew why, And tell what rules he did... | |
 | 1843 - 1380 Seiten
...furbishing up old ideas into new and euphonious forms of speech. Of the one it may be said, that - " He could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope." The other more finished leader of the class mystifies you with metaphysics, half conned and unmastered... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1844 - 372 Seiten
...disputation, And pay with ratiocination : All this by syllogism true, hi 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 I' th' middle of his speech, or cough, H' had hard words ready to show why, And... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 282 Seiten
...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 I' th' middle of his speech, or cough, H' had hard words ready to show why, And... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 410 Seiten
...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 I' tli ' middle of his speech, or cough, H' had hard words ready to show why,... | |
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For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope; And when he happened to break off I' th' middle of his speech, or cough, H... 
