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, a goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees. The Western Monthly Review - Página 736editado por - 1828Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Samuel Butler - 1861 - 394 páginas
...Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridgeshire) which sided with the parliament, cosnH'd run in debt by disputation. And pay with ratiocination:...would do. For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope; And when he happen'd to break off I' th' middle of his speech, or cough.... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1753 - 466 páginas
...Truflecs. He'd run in debt by difputation, And pay with ratiocination : All this by fyllcgifm, true 80 In mood and figure he would do. For Rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out their flew a trope ; And when he happen'd to break off I' th' middle of his fpeech, or cough,... | |
| Robert Anderson - 1795 - 740 páginas
...committee-men and truftces. He'd run in debt by difputation, Aad pay with ratiocination : All this by fyllogifm true, In mood and figure he would do. ' For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope : And when he happen'd to break off I' th' middle of his fpeech, or cough,... | |
| John Bell - 1797 - 722 páginas
...mini! AI Part 1 A calf an alderman, a goose a justice, 75 And rooks Committee.men and Trustees. IleM run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination:...by syllogism, true In mood and figure he would do. 8a For rbetorie, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope; And when he happen'd to break... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 842 páginas
...two pedlars." He'd run in debt by difput.it inn, And pay with ratiocination : All this by fyllogifm, true In mood and figure, he would do. for rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope; And when he happen'd to break off 1' th' middle of his fpeech or cough,... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1801 - 528 páginas
...truftees. He'd run in debt by difputation, And pay with ratiocination. All this by fyllogifm, true 80 In mood and figure, he would do. 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 fpeech, or cough,... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1805 - 440 páginas
...buzzard is no fowl. And that a Lord may be an owl, A calf an Alderman, a goose a Justice, 75 Arid roobi Committee-men and Trustees. He'd run in debt by disputation,...by syllogism, true In mood and figure, he would do. 8° ForRnETOHie, he cou'd not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope : And when lir- happun'd to... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 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...would do. For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope ; And when he happen'd to break off ]' th" middle of his speech, or cough,... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1811 - 510 páginas
...Pride, and Reason ; nor is her brow so smooth, nor her mien so soft and captivating, as in her earlier All this by syllogism, true '. In mood and figure, he would do." .- '„ • And again: — '.f . " Besides, he was a sbrewd philosopher, And had read ev'ry text and... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1812 - 876 páginas
...a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl; A calf an alderman, a goose a justice, • 15 And rooks committee-men and trustees. He'd run in...by syllogism, true In mood and figure he would do. 80 For rhctoric^lie could not ope His month, but out their flew a trope; And when he happen'd to break... | |
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