 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...  The Literature of Society - Página 217por Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 386 páginas
...either would afford To many that had not one word. He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skill' d in analytic ; He could distinguish and divide A hair...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,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 282 páginas
...bounty unto such as wanted ; But much of either would afford To many that had not one word. * * * * He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skill'd...analytic ; He could distinguish and divide A hair 'tteixt south and southwest side ; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1846 - 324 páginas
...as a proselyte, but for claps. He was in logic a great crilick, 65 Profoundly skill'd in analytick ; He could distinguish and divide A hair 'twixt south...south-west side ; On either which he would dispute, Confnte, change hands, and .still confute. 70 He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 410 páginas
...scanted His bounty unto such as wanted ; But much of either would afford To many that had not one word. He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skill'd...analytic ; He could distinguish and divide A hair 'twt.it south and south-west sidei On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still... | |
 | 1846 - 156 páginas
...right and what was wrong. 1 Whatever skeptic could inquire for, For ev'ry why he had a wher'fore. ~ He could distinguish and divide A hair 'twixt south and southwest side.' As the liquor progressed in its operation, thus would he boast of his wonderous knowledge, to the pleasant... | |
 | 1847 - 540 páginas
...mind, it seizes ? BUTLER. 5. Besides 't is known he could speak Greek As naturally as pigs squeak. 6. He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skill'd...and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side. BUTLER'S JHudibras. 7. Learning, that cobweb of the brain, Profane, erroneous, and vain : A trade of... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 páginas
...His bounty unto such as wanted ; But much of either would afford To many, that had not one word. * * 'twixc south and south-west side ; On either which lie would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 páginas
...His bounty unto such as wanted ; But much of either would afford To many, that had not one word. * * behold. There wanted no dames or damsels, meet or apt to dance with the maskers, or to garnish t Л hair 'twixt south and south-west >ide ; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands,... | |
 | Joseph Henry Green - 1847 - 80 páginas
...generalized Experience. It is not therefore the art of one " Profoundly skill'd in analytic ; Who can distinguish and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side; On either which who can dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute :"— BUTLER. Reasoning is the daily and... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 páginas
...scanted His bounty into such as wanted ; But much of either would afford To many, that had not one word. He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skill'd...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... | |
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