 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: A Poem - Trang 4bởi Samuel Butler - 1822 - 494 trangXem Toàn bộ - Giới thiệu về cuốn sách này
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 550 trang
...skilled in analytic ; He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side ; 15 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 Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 trang
...— He was in logic a great critie, Profoundly skill'd in analytic : He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side ; On either...dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute. LONDON. — The very houses seem asleep ; And all that mighty heart is lying still ! WORDSWORTH. —... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 trang
...He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skill'd in analytic: He could distinguish, and divide 0A hair 'twixt south and south-west side; On either which...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... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1864 - 426 trang
...1700. And truly so perhaps he was, 'Tis many a pious Christian's case. He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side ; On either...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,... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 trang
...fool He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic ; He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side ; On either...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,... | |
 | 1866 - 390 trang
...in logic a great critic, « Profoundly skill'd in analytic ; He could distinguish, and divide A hah- 'twixt south and south-west side; On either which...dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute : 10 He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse ; V. 55, 56. This is the property... | |
 | George Oliver - 1867 - 412 trang
...the subtleties of special pleading, or as Hudibras expresses it, a power to -distinguish and divide A hair 'twixt south and southwest side ; On either...dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute," had not then obtained such complete possession of the mind as to induce men to advance arguments in... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 trang
...Sh. Oth. n. 1. He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still. Butler, nl. 3, 547. He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse. He prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl, A calf an alderman, a goose a justice,... | |
 | Dawson Brothers (Montréal, Quebec), Son of Bon-Accord in North America - 1868 - 154 trang
...this, He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skill'd in analytic ; He could distinguish and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side, On either...dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute His people were thus profoundly impressed with the extent of his erudition, and, like Goldsmith's schoolboys,... | |
 | James Riddell - 1868 - 152 trang
...this, He was in logic a 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, His people were thus profoundly impressed with the extent of his erudition, and, like Goldsmith's schoolboys,... | |
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