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
| Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 Seiten
...change hands, and still confute ; He'd undertake to prove by force Of argument a man's no horse ; He'd ith words set in delightful proportion, either accompanied with, or prepared for goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees. He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with... | |
| English poetry - 1848 - 468 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... | |
| Daniel Scrymgeour - 1850 - 596 Seiten
...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.1 He'd run in debt by disputation, And... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 Seiten
...change hands, and still confute ; He'd undertake to prove by force Of argument a man's no horse ; He'd or a cow ; but he is first a man when he comes to a certa Л calf an alderman, a goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees. He'd run in debt by disputation,... | |
| Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 Seiten
...hands, and still confute; He'd undertake to prove by force Of argument, a man '•- 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.... | |
| Abraham Mills - 1851 - 602 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... | |
| William Jerdan - 1852 - 438 Seiten
...change hands, and still confute. He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a Man 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 mood and figure,... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1852 - 520 Seiten
...confnte ;t 70 He'd nndertake to prove by force Of argnment a man's no horse ; He'd prove a bnzzard is no fowl, And that a Lord may be an owl ; A calf an Alderman, a goose a Jnstice, t 7s And rooks Committee-Men or Trnstees.§ He'd rnn in debt by dispntation, And pay... | |
| 1853 - 404 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... | |
| Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 Seiten
...therefore gently move. — Herbert. 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. Butler. In arguing too, the parson owned his... | |
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