 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,...  Hudibras: Poem - Pàgina 3per Samuel Butler - 1812 - 410 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Samuel Butler - 1861 - 394 pàgines
...Profoundly skill'd in analytic; He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west aide; 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,... | |
 | John Bell - 1797 - 722 pàgines
...great critie, 65 Profoundly skill'din analytic; He could distinguish, and divide A hair '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 buxaard is no fowl,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 842 pàgines
...'twixt fouth and fouth-weft fide ; O;i either which he would difpute, Confute, change hands, and Hill confute : 70 He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's nohorfe ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl ; A calf an alderman, a goofe... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1805 - 440 pàgines
...Profoundly skill'd in s analytick ! •ili: cou'd distinguish and divide A hair 'twixt south and^outh-west side; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute. #0 He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse. He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 pàgines
...Profoundly skill'd in analytic ; He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south and so'jth-west ~ : He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl,... | |
 | 1811 - 706 pàgines
...great critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic : He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side : On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute. As we despair to see such a genius during our days, we do not hesitate to sing a requiem to the apprehensions... | |
 | 1811 - 708 pàgines
...great critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic i He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side : On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute. As we despair to see such a genius during our days, we do not hesitate to sing a requiem to the apprehensions... | |
 | 1811 - 982 pàgines
...critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic : He -could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south aad south-west side : On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute., As we despair to see such a genius during our days, we do not hesitate to sing a requiem to the apprehensions... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 666 pàgines
...great critic, 65 Profoundly skill'd in analytic; He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south 'and south-west side ; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute 70 For rhetoric, he could not ope 81 His mouth, but out there flew a trope ; mention of the brain, fool}... | |
 | George Dyer - 1814 - 320 pàgines
...south and southwest side; On either which he could dispute, Confute, change hands, and yet dispute. He'd undertake to prove by force Of argument, a man's no horse : He'd prove a buzzard U no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl : All this by syllogism too, By mood and figure he could do.... | |
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