 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.  Hudibras: Poëme - Seite 8von Samuel Butler - 1757 - 365 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel Butler - 1819 - 560 Seiten
...hands, and still confulr. 70 He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse; i A. He'd prove a buzzard is. no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl ; A calf ah. alderman, a goose a justice, ' 75 And rooks committee-men and trustees. :fj */>. He'd run in debt... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 416 Seiten
...ehange hands, and still eonfute : He'd undertake to prove, by foree Of argument, a man's no horse; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl; A ealf an alderman, j" a goose a justiee, And rooks eommittee-ment and trustees, He'd run in debt by... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 314 Seiten
...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 alderman9, a goose a justice, And rooks committee-men10 and trustees. He'd run in debt by disputation,... | |
 | William Banks - 1823 - 462 Seiten
...hands, and still confute. He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse ; e * He'U 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 debt by disputation, And pay with... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 Seiten
...change hands, and still confute: He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse; He'd . Ap / goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees. He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with... | |
 | Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 524 Seiten
...ridicule of the Aristotelian system : 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: All this, by syllogism true, In mode and figure,... | |
 | Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 492 Seiten
...ridicule of the Aristotelian system : 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 : All this, by syllogism true, In mode and figure,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 Seiten
...ehange hands, and still eonfute : He'd undertake to prove, by foree Of argument, a man's no horse ; He'd agnetie beam, that gently warms The universe, and to eaeh ealf an alderman, a goose a justiee, And rooks eommittee-men and truste«*. He'd run in debt by disputation,... | |
 | Guards - 1827 - 308 Seiten
...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, a goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees. He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with... | |
 | Timothy Flint - 1828 - 828 Seiten
...confute He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no hone ; He'd prove a bu/zanl is DO fowl, And that a lord may be an owl ; A calf an alderman, a goose a justici, And rooks committee-men and trustees. He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with... | |
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