 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
 | Silas Pinckney Holbrook - 1830 - 324 Seiten
...of the plain swearing that a sailor practices, for he was rwt so picturesque or figurative, that ' He could not ope His mouth but out there flew a trope," yet, when Captain Bacon's lips parted, you seldom failed to hear ad — a, for curses fell from them... | |
 | Egerton Smith - 1831 - 656 Seiten
...FORUM;— A FARCE, AM never PERFORMED AT COVENT GARDEN OR HR1RV UNT. WITH UNBOl'NDID APPLAUSE. " And as for rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope." — Uuiibrat. " Then he would talk— ye gods, how he would talk !"— Alexander the Great. INTRODUCTION.... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 Seiten
...alderman, a goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees. He'd run in debt by disputation, Anil pay with ratiocination. All this by syllogism, true In mood and figure he would do. For Kheloric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there Hew a trope: And when he happened to break off... | |
 | 1833 - 448 Seiten
...six times repeated, his lips, his eyes, and his nose, spoke, looked, and burned wit — pure wit I " He could not ope his mouth, but out there flew a trope. " The very sound of his voice was in itself a waggery; the twinkle of his eye might have toppled a... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 456 Seiten
...of Cardinal Perron. A calf an Alderman, a goose a Justice,8 75 And rooks Committee-Men or Trustees.4 He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination....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... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 410 Seiten
...CANTO i.] HUDIBRAS. 11 A calf an Alderman, a goose a Justice,3 75 And rooks Committee-Men or Trustees.4 He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination....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... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 340 Seiten
...governed, at the beginning of the Rebellion, by a tinker, two cobblers, two tailors, and two pedlers." He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination...by syllogism, true In mood and figure he would do. so For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope ; And when he happen'd to break... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 410 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1837 - 350 Seiten
...south and south-west side; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute; He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination:...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1837 - 342 Seiten
...south and south-west side; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute ; He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination...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... | |
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