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 - Página 3por Samuel Butler - 1812 - 410 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Blue bag - 1832 - 128 páginas
...conception of Hudibras: — " 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." My worthy friend, the Speaker,... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1835 - 410 páginas
...and south-west side ; On either side he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute ;2 70 He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument,...man's no horse ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And thaj a Lord may be an owl ; done more to prevent the study of that language, than all the professors... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1835 - 332 páginas
...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 : ?o He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse ; , He'd prove a buzzard is no... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1837 - 342 páginas
...great critic, 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 ; He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination : All this by syllogism true, In mood... | |
| 1837 - 528 páginas
...great critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic ; He could distinguish and divide . A hair '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... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1837 - 294 páginas
...great critic, 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 ; HeM run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination : All this by syllogism true, In mood... | |
| 1837 - 1068 páginas
...great critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic ; He could distinguish and divide A hair 'twi.vt 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,... | |
| 1837 - 352 páginas
...a 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. He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse. He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl. And... | |
| William Cramp - 1838 - 288 páginas
...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 ; « He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl,... | |
| Charles Hodge, Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater - 1840 - 644 páginas
...satirise the logical pedant of his day: — " 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 ; And run in debt by disputation, And pay with raciocination. All this, by Syllogism true, In mood... | |
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