 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
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 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... | |
 | 1871 - 800 Seiten
...change hands, and still confute, He'd undertake to prove hy 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 by... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - 1872 - 658 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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1890 - 364 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 aldermau, a goose o.justiee? And rooks committee-men and trustees. He'd run in debt by disputation,... | |
 | 1891 - 556 Seiten
...argue still. Goldsmith. POWER. He'd undertake to prove, by force ()' 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 committeemen and trustees. Butler. VANITY OF. (I see) to argue 'gainst the... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 516 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 or trustees. He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1895 - 552 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... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 Seiten
...creation. a. BURNS— The Twa Dogs. He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse. He'd of genius goose a Justice, And rooks, Committee-men or Trustees. t. BUTLER— Hudibras. Pt. I. Canto I. L. 71.... | |
 | Cecil Headlam - 1897 - 346 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... | |
 | Cecil Headlam - 1897 - 348 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... | |
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