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
| 1866 - 390 Seiten
...he is sure to be admired, though not understood. V. 68, 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 Miller D. Meiklejohn - 1866 - 86 Seiten
...Thou seest I am calm. 5. Are you sure you have everything ready ? 6. I am glad you're hungry. 7. He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, and that a lord may be an owl. 8. She fancied the gentleman was a traveller, and that he would be glad to eat a bit. 9. That materials... | |
| Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 Seiten
...opinion still. Butler, nl. 3, 547. He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse. He 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, i. 75. .Reproachful speech from either... | |
| Samuel Butler, Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 544 Seiten
...hands, and still confute: 70 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 Francis Collier - 1868 - 550 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... | |
| John T. Watson - 1869 - 524 Seiten
...learning in the sound. GAY'S Fables. 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'S Hudibras. A man convinc'd against his... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1869 - 168 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 Francis Collier - 1869 - 572 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... | |
| Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 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... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 Seiten
...change hands, and still confute : He 'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man 's no horse ; - goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees. He 'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with... | |
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