 And styled of war as well as peace. (So some rats of amphibious nature Are either for the land or water.) But here our authors make a doubt Whether he were more wise or stout.  Hudibras - Seite 5von Robert Deverell - 1816Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Davenport Adams - 1880 - 362 Seiten
...has been all along well acquainted. Take, for example, this resume of Sir Hudibras' accomplishments : Our authors make a doubt, Whether he were more wise or stout ; Some hold the one, and some the other : But howsoe'er they make a pothex,. . The difference was so... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1881 - 270 Seiten
...the saddle, That could as well bind o'er, as swaddle; 25 Mighty he was at both of these, And styled of war, as well as peace. So some rats, of amphibious...the land or water. But here our authors make a doubt 30 Whether he were more wise, or stout: Some hold the one, and some the other; But howsoe'er they make... | |
 | Old favourites, Matilda Sharpe - 1881 - 438 Seiten
...knights and errant, Either for challenge or for warrant ; Great on the bench, great in the saddle . . . But here our authors make a doubt Whether he were more wise or stout. Some hold the one, and some the other. . . . For it has been held by many, that As Montaigne, playing... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1881 - 276 Seiten
...the saddle, That could as well bind o'er, as swaddle; 25 Mighty he was at both of these, And styled of war, as well as peace. So some rats, of amphibious nature, Axe either for the land or water. But here our authors make a doubt 30 Whether he were more wise, or... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1883 - 156 Seiten
...which of the following Rhymes are Allowable, and U'hich Bad. Shew what ivies the latter violate. 1. "So some rats of amphibious nature, Are either for the land or water " — Sutler. 2. " Wine or delicious fruits unto the taste, A music in the ears will ever last." —... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 516 Seiten
...o'er as swaddle : Mighty he was at both of these, And styl'd of War as well as Peace. So some rate of amphibious nature Are either for the land or water....make a doubt, Whether he were more wise or stout. Some hold the one, and some the other; But howsoe'er they make a pother, The difference was so small,... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 478 Seiten
...bench, great in the saddle, That could as well bind o'er, as swaddle: Mighty he was at both of these, And styl'd of War as well as Peace. So some rats of...make a doubt. Whether he were more wise, or stout. Some hold the one, and some the other; But howsoe'er they make a pother, The diffrence was so small,... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 446 Seiten
...in the saddle, That could as well bind o'er, as swaddle ; Mighty he was at both of these, And styled of war, as well as peace. So some rats, of amphibious...authors make a doubt Whether he were more wise, or stout : Some hold the one, and some the other ; But howsoe'er they make a pother, The difference was so small,... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 Seiten
...in the saddle, That could as well bind o'er, as swaddle ; Mighty he was at both of these, And styled of war, as well as peace. So some rats, of amphibious...authors make a doubt Whether he were more wise, or stout : Some hold the one, and some the other ; But howsoe'er they make a pother, The difference was so small,... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 578 Seiten
...in the saddle, That could as well bind o'er, as swaddle ; Mighty he was at both of these, And styled of war, as well as peace. So some rats, of amphibious...authors make a doubt Whether he were more wise, or stout : Some hold the one, and some the other ; But howsoe'er they make a pother, The difference was so small,... | |
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