 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 - Página 178por Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 261 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 páginas
...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...His mouth, but out there flew a trope : And when he happen 'd to break off I' th' middle of his speech, or cough, H" had hard words ready to show why,... | |
 | Francis Edward Paget - 1843 - 344 páginas
...sinking under her, and she fell to the ground fainting. CHAPTER XI. ('"•rent Ctn anf little Ktool. " For Rhetoric, he could not ope .His mouth, but out there flew a trope ; And when he happened to break off I' th' middle of his speech, or cough, H' had hard words ready to shew why, And... | |
 | 1843 - 1380 páginas
...furbishing up old ideas into new and euphonious forms of speech. Of the one it may be said, that - " He could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope." The other more finished leader of the class mystifies you with metaphysics, half conned and unmastered... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 páginas
...He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl, A calf an aldenuan, a goose a justice, , , ]' th' middle of his speech, or cough, H' liad hard words, ready to show why, And tell what rules he... | |
 | 1856 - 1432 páginas
...occurring in the third or fourth page, would be read twice or thrice on the spot, before going farther : " For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope; And when he happened to break off I' the middle of his speech, or cough, H' had hard words ready to show why, And... | |
 | 1856 - 606 páginas
...occurring in the third or fourth page, would be read twice or thrioe on the spot, before going farther : " For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope ; And when he happened to break off I' the middle of his speech, or cough, H' had hard words ready to show why, And... | |
 | 1844 - 520 páginas
...alderman, a goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees. HeM run in debt by disputation, And ;sn with ratiocination. All this by syllogism, true In mood and figure, he would do." Such acquirements were certainly not confined to Hudibras's party, nor even to his time. They were... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1844 - 372 páginas
...hair 'twixt south and southwest side ; On either which he would dispute, '220 BIUT1SI1 POETS. He'd ran in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination : All this by syllogism true, hi mood and figure he would do. For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 290 páginas
...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...there flew a trope ; And when he happen'd to break off P th' middle of his speech, or cough, H' had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules he did... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 410 páginas
...may be an owl ; A calf an alderman, a goose & justice,2 And rooks committee-men and trustees. He 'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination....flew a trope ; And when he happen'd to break off I' tli ' middle of his speech, or cough, H' had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules he did... | |
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