 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 - 1846 - 324 Seiten
...prove.a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl, A calf an alderman, a goose a justice, 75 And rooks committee-men and trustees. He'd run in...ratiocination. All this by syllogism, true In mood and figure ho would do. 80 For Rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope : 62. Here again... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 Seiten
...He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl, A calf an alderman, a goose a justice, Servant. Sfafb, Oo bid thy mistress, when my drink...this a dagger which I see before me, The handle towar lie could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope; And when he happen'd to break off I' th' middle... | |
 | 1847 - 540 Seiten
...The logic, and the wisdom, and the wit, And the loud laugh — I long to know them all. COWPER. 13. For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope. BUTLER'S Hudibras. 14. My listening powers Were aw'd, and every thought in silence hung, And wondering... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 442 Seiten
...Almighty. — Pf Ver. 205. Bentley his mouth, $c.] An imitation of Butler, Hudibras, Part i. Canto iv 81. " For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope." — Wakefield. Ver. 207. Welsted] Leonard Welsted, author of The Triumvirate, or a Letter in Verse... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 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...syllogism, true In mood and figure he would do. For rhetorie, he could not ope His mouth, but out their flew a trope ; And when he happen'd to break off... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 Seiten
...prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl, Л calf an alderman, a goose a justice, propor 9 happcn'd to break ofi' I' th' middle of his speech, or cough, H' had hard words, ready to show why,... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1850 - 596 Seiten
...an owl ; A calf — an alderman ; a goose— a justice; And rooks — committee-men and trustees.1 He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination....flew a trope. And when he happen'd to break off I' the middle of his speech, or cough, He had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules he did... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1850 - 528 Seiten
...And that a Lord may be an owl ; A calf an Alderman, a goose a Justice, I And rooks Committee-Men or Trustees.^ He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay...His mouth, but out there flew a trope : And when he happened to break off I* th' middle of his speech, or cough, 65 75 m by Mr. Butler. And, indeed, as... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 Seiten
...He'd 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...figure, he would do. For rhetoric, he could not ope His month, but out there flew a trope ; And when he happen'd to break off I' the middle of his speech,... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1852 - 364 Seiten
...change hands, and still confute ; He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination : AH this by syllogism true, In mood and figure he would...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... | |
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