 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 - Page 178by Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 261 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 712 pages
...He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl, A calf an alderman, a goose a justice, Servant. Sfafb, Oo bid thy mistress, when my drink...this a dagger which I see before me, The handle towar lie could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope; And when he happen'd to break off I' th' middle... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1847 - 540 pages
...The logic, and the wisdom, and the wit, And the loud laugh — I long to know them all. COWPER. 13. For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope. BUTLER'S Hudibras. 14. My listening powers Were aw'd, and every thought in silence hung, And wondering... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 442 pages
...Almighty. — Pf Ver. 205. Bentley his mouth, $c.] An imitation of Butler, Hudibras, Part i. Canto iv 81. " For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope." — Wakefield. Ver. 207. Welsted] Leonard Welsted, author of The Triumvirate, or a Letter in Verse... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...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...syllogism, true In mood and figure he would do. For rhetorie, he could not ope His mouth, but out their flew a trope ; And when he happen'd to break off... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1850 - 710 pages
...prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl, Л calf an alderman, a goose a justice, propor 9 happcn'd to break ofi' I' th' middle of his speech, or cough, H' had hard words, ready to show why,... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - English poetry - 1850 - 596 pages
...an owl ; A calf — an alderman ; a goose— a justice; And rooks — committee-men and trustees.1 He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination....flew a trope. And when he happen'd to break off I' the middle of his speech, or cough, He had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules he did... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1850 - 528 pages
...And that a Lord may be an owl ; A calf an Alderman, a goose a Justice, I And rooks Committee-Men or Trustees.^ He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay...His mouth, but out there flew a trope : And when he happened to break off I* th' middle of his speech, or cough, 65 75 m by Mr. Butler. And, indeed, as... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 594 pages
...He'd 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...figure, he would do. For rhetoric, he could not ope His month, but out there flew a trope ; And when he happen'd to break off I' the middle of his speech,... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - English language - 1852 - 364 pages
...change hands, and still confute ; He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination : AH this by syllogism true, In mood and figure he would...there flew a trope ; And when he happen'd to break off 1' th' middle of his speech, or cough, H' had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules he... | |
 | William Jerdan - 1852 - 430 pages
...Lord may be an Owl ; A Calf an Alderman — a Goose a Justice, And Rooks Committee-men and Trustees. All this, by syllogism, true In mood and figure, he would do ! ! BUTLER'S Hudibras. As my remarks on Peter Pindar, and the anecdote respecting his pension, which... | |
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