 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
 | Theodore Alors W. Buckley - 1854 - 332 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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 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... | |
 | Samuel Butler, George Gilfillan - 1854 - 296 Seiten
...hands, and still confute. ro 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-men1 and trustees. He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 Seiten
...Thomas Deeker's Satiramastix 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, a goose a justiee, And rooks eommittee-men and trustees. Batler1» Ilnililiral It... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 Seiten
...chance 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... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1856 - 624 Seiten
...them. Thomas Deeker's Satiromastiz. 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 bo an owl, A ealf an alderman, a goose a justiee, And rooks eommittee-men and trustees. Butler's Hudtbrae.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 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... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1857 - 374 Seiten
...he is sure to be admired, though not understood. V. 63, 64. Var. ' And truly so perhaps he was, He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl ; A calf an alderman, a goose a justice, 75 And rooks Committee-men and Trustees. He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 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... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1857 - 516 Seiten
...that they will support him even if He undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no norse, And 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. Apart from jest, nothing is too bold for his... | |
| |
