 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,...  Bell's Edition - Seite 15von John Bell - 1797Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 Seiten
...squeak. That Latin was no more difficile, Than to a blackbird 'tis to whistle. Part i. Canto i. Line 67. He could distinguish, and divide A hair, 'twixt south and south-west side. Part i. Canto i. Line 81. For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope. Part... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1856 - 406 Seiten
...cummin-seeds ;" or, as we now say, "splitters of straws," or " hairs." Butler says of Hudibras: — " He could distinguish and divide A hair 'twixt south and southwest side." LI.— OF FACTION. MANY have an opinion not wise, that for a prince to govern his estate, or for a... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 Seiten
...Than to a blackbird 'tis to whistle. HIS LOGIC. He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skill'd in analytic : He could distinguish, and divide A hair...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... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 Seiten
...would afford To many, that had not one word. . . He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled 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, And... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1857 - 374 Seiten
...perhaps, Not as a proselyte, but f@r claps. He was in logic a great critic, 65 Profoundly skill'd in analytic ; He could distinguish, and divide A hair...dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute : :o He'd undertake to prove, by force .Of argument, a man's no horse ; V. 55, 56. This is the property... | |
 | Tucker Brooke, Matthias A. Shaaber - 1989 - 490 Seiten
...other opponent who offers. The knight was, we are told, in Logic a great critic, Profoundly skill'd in Analytic; He could distinguish, and divide A hair...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; . . . All this by syllogism, true In mood and figure,... | |
 | 1969 - 440 Seiten
...Profoundly skill'd in Analytick. He could distinguish and divide A hair 'twixt South and South- West side : On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute. Samuel Butler (161z?-168o), Hudibras, Part I, Canto I George O. May, writing in 1954, suggested that... | |
 | Royall Tyler - 1970 - 234 Seiten
...West at about this time. He could distinguish and divide, A hair 'twixt south and south west side: 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. Hudibras ARGUMENT Curious Argument, between Thomas... | |
 | 1842 - 1044 Seiten
...A hair ‘twlit south atid touth-west side; On either side be could dispute, Confute, change bands and still confute; He'd undertake to prove by force Of argument, a man's no horse; He'd prove a bumrd is no ¿wI And that a lord may be an owl, A calf an aldermen, a goose ajustice, And rooks committee-men... | |
 | Peter James Stanlis - 1958 - 292 Seiten
...Tale of a Tub and Gulliver's Travels, Book III: He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic; He could distinguish and divide A hair 'twixt...dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute. (Hudibras, The Argument, lines 65-70) In mathematics he was greater Than Tycho Brahe or Erra Pater;... | |
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