 | Samuel Butler - 1866 - 366 Seiten
...were more wise or stout : so Some hold the one, and some the other, But, howsoe'er they make a pother, The diff'rence was so small, his brain Outweigh'd...half a grain ; Which made some take him for a tool 35 That knaves do work with, call'da Fool. For 't has been held by many, that As Montaigne, playing... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1890 - 342 Seiten
...stout : : o Some hold the one, and some the other, But, howsoe'er they make a pother, The difference was so small, his brain Outweigh'd his rage but half a grain ; Which made some take him for a tool :ui That knaves do work with, call'da Fool. For 't has been held by many, that As Montaigne, playing... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 544 Seiten
...the other, — But, howsoe'er they made a pother, The diff'rence was so small, his brain Outwcigh'd his rage but half a grain ; Which made some take him...for a tool That knaves do work with, call'da Fool. For 't has been held by many, that As Montaigne, playing with his cat, Complains she thought him but... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1869 - 168 Seiten
...were more wise or stout. Some hold the one, and some the other ; But, howsoe'er they make a pother, The diff'rence was so small, his brain Outweigh'd...for a tool That knaves do work with, call'da Fool. For 't has been held by many, that As Montaigne, playing with his cat, Complains she thought him but... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1869 - 340 Seiten
...or stout. Some hold the one, and some the other ; But, howsoe'er they make a pother, The difference was so small, his brain Outweigh'd his rage but half...some take him for a tool That knaves do work with, cali'da Fool. For 't has been held by many, that As Montaigne, playing with his cat,s Complains she... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 Seiten
...howsoe'er they make a pother, (seep. FROM HUDIBRAS. 225 The difference was so small, his brain Outweighed his rage but half a grain ; Which made some take him for a tool That knaves do work with, called a fooL * * # # We grant, altho' he had much wit, He was very shy of using it, As being loth... | |
 | 1872 - 660 Seiten
...some the other. But, howsoe'er they make a polher, The difference was so small, his brain Outweighed his rage but half a grain ; Which made some take him for a tool That knaves do work with, called a fool. We grant, although he had much wit, He was very shy of using it, As being loath to wear... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - 1872 - 658 Seiten
...the other. But, howsoe'er they make a polher, The difference was so small, his brain Outweighed bis rage but half a grain; Which made some take him for a tool That knaves do work with, called a fool. We grant, although he had muck wit, He was very shy of using it, As being loath to wear... | |
 | Eduard Adolf Ferdinand Maetzner - 1874 - 512 Seiten
...Pickw. 2, 20.). — He . . overbuys me Almost the sum he pays (SiiAKSP., Cymb. 1, 2.). The difference was so small, his brain Outweigh'd his rage but half a grain (Вить., Hud. 1, 33.). Horrid book ! It will be increased sotn-e pages soon (OxENF., Twice Killed... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 Seiten
...some the other : But howsoe'er they make a pother, The difFrence was so small, his brain Outweighed his rage but half a grain ; Which made some take him for a tool That knaves do work with, called a fool. For 't has been held by many, that As Montaigne, playing with his cat, Complains she... | |
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And styl'd of war, as well as peace. (So some rats, of amphibious nature, Are either for the land or water) : But here our authors make a doubt, Whether he were more wise or stout... 
