 | Samuel Butler - 1854 - 292 pàgines
...and south-west side ; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute. 70 He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's...owl, A calf an alderman, a goose a justice, And rooks committee-men1 and trustees. He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination. All this... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 610 pàgines
...like The subjeet that begets them. Thomas Deeker's Satiromastix. He'd undertake to prove, by foree Of argument, a man's no horse. He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl, A ealf an alderman, a goose a justiee, And rooks eommittee-men and trustees. Butler's Hudibras. It is... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 pàgines
...begets them. Thomas Deeker's Satiramastix He 'd undertake to prove, by foree Of argument, a man 's no horse. He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl, A ealf an alderman, a goose a justiee, And rooks eommittee-men and trustees. Batler1» Ilnililiral It... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 pàgines
...and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side; On either which he would dispute. Confute, chance hands, and still confute: He'd undertake to prove,...alderman, a goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees. He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination : 1 The •peaking or a ittck... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 pàgines
...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...alderman, a goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees. He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination : All this by syllogism true,... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 pàgines
...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...alderman, a goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees. He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination: All this by syllogism, true... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1857 - 516 pàgines
...that they will support him even if He undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no norse, And prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be...alderman, a goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees. Apart from jest, nothing is too bold for his political adventures. There is no shame in him... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1857 - 522 pàgines
...that they will support him even if He undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse, Aud prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be...owl, A calf an alderman, a goose a justice, And rooks eommittee-mca and trustees. Apart from jest, nothing is too bold for his political adventures. There... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1857 - 374 pàgines
...and south-west side ; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute : :o He'd undertake to prove, by force .Of argument, a man's no horse ; V. 55, 56. This is the property of a pedantic coxcomb, who prates most learnedly amongst illiterate... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1858 - 594 pàgines
...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 bo an owl, A calf an alderman, a goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees. He'd run in... | |
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twixt south and southwest 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,... 
