 twixt south and south-west side ; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute He'd undertake to prove by force Of argument a man's no horse ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl, A calf an alderman,...  Wit and Humor - Seite 178von Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 261 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel Butler - 1803 - 522 Seiten
...pay with ratiocination : All this by fyllogifm true. In mood and figure he would do. So For rhetorie, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope:...when he happen'd to break off I' th' middle of his fpeech, or cough, H' had hard words ready to fliew why, 85 And tell what rules he did it by ; Elfe... | |
 | 1804 - 764 Seiten
...characters reminded us forcibly of Hudibras, who, we arc told, was fo poetically metaphorical, that he .. " could not ope " His mouth, but out there flew a trope." The ailing was in every rcfpeft good. Mrs. Jordan and the junior Bannifter difplayed their fuperior... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1805 - 440 Seiten
...buzzard is no fowl. And that a Lord may be an owl, A calf an Alderman, a goose a Justice, 75 Arid roobi Committee-men and Trustees. He'd run in debt by disputation,...by syllogism, true In mood and figure, he would do. 8° ForRnETOHie, he cou'd not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope : And when lir- happun'd to... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 442 Seiten
...Almighty. WARBURTOM. VER. 205. Bentley his mouth, &c.~\ An imitation of Butler, Iludibras, i. I. 81. " For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope." "WA But Welfted moft the Poet's healing balm Strives to extract from his foft, giving palm ; Unlucky... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 494 Seiten
...We do not question but you are 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... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Thomas Park - 1808 - 506 Seiten
...Westminster, to fine and imprison whom they pleased. For rhetoric, he conld not ope His month, bnt ont there flew a trope ; And when he happen'd to break off I' tli' middle of his speech, or congh, fT had hard words ready te show why, And tell what rnles he did... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 Seiten
...prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl ; A calf an alderman, a goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees. He'd run in...there flew a trope ; And when he happen'd to break off ]' th" middle of his speech, or cough, H1 had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rulos he... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1811 - 510 Seiten
...Pride, and Reason ; nor is her brow so smooth, nor her mien so soft and captivating, as in her earlier All this by syllogism, true '. In mood and figure, he would do." .- '„ • And again: — '.f . " Besides, he was a sbrewd philosopher, And had read ev'ry text and... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1812 - 876 Seiten
...a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl; A calf an alderman, a goose a justice, • 15 And rooks committee-men and trustees. He'd run in...by syllogism, true In mood and figure he would do. 80 For rhctoric^lie could not ope His month, but out their flew a trope; And when he happen'd to break... | |
 | Samuel Whelpley - 1817 - 626 Seiten
...Lord may be an owl; A calf an alderman, a goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees He'll run in debt by disputation, And pay, with ratiocination....All this by syllogism, true In mood and figure, he will do. For rhetorick, he cannot ope His mouth, bat out there flies a trope. He can reduce all things... | |
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