 | Alexander Gerard - 1780 - 310 Seiten
...Profoundly Ikill'd in analytic, inr. He'd undertake to prove by force Of argument a man's no horfe ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl,, And that a lord may be an owl ; A calf an alderman, a goofe a juftice, And rooks committee-men and truftees, ire. Cant. i. ver. 6$. For rhetoric, he could... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 342 Seiten
...change hands, and ftill confute : 70 He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man 's no horfe ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl ; Ver. 6i.] Here is an alteration without any amendment; for the following lines, And truly fo he was,... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 740 Seiten
...change hands, and li ill confute : He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's DO horfe ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl ; A calf an alderman, a goofe a juilice f, And rooks committee-men and truftces. He'd run in debt by difputation, Aad pay with... | |
 | John Bell - 1797 - 722 Seiten
...distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south and south.west side; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute: He'd undertake to...force Of argument, a man's no horse : He'd prove a buxaard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl ; Iqnguages there, where he is sure to be admired,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 842 Seiten
...change hands, and Hill confute : 70 He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's nohorfe ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl ; A calf an alderman, a goofe a juftice, 75 And rooks Committee-men and Truftees. Ver. 55, 56.] Thisisthepropertyof a pedantic... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1803 - 522 Seiten
...confute : 70 He'd undertake to prove, by foree Of argument, a man's no horfe ; He'd prove a buiiard is no fowl, , And that a lord may be an owl ; A calf an alderman, a goofe a juftice, 75 And rooks committee-men and truftees. V. at, sc.] This is the property of a pedtintic... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1805 - 440 Seiten
...and^outh-west side; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute. #0 He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's...be an owl, A calf an Alderman, a goose a Justice, 75 Arid roobi Committee-men and Trustees. He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination.... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Thomas Park - 1808 - 506 Seiten
...still confnte: 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 9, a goose a jnstice, And rooks committee-men 1° and trnstees. He'd rnn in debt by dispntation, And... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1812 - 876 Seiten
...and south-west side : On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute. 70 He'd undertake to prove, by force ' Of argument, a...be an owl; A calf an alderman, a goose a justice, • 15 And rooks committee-men and trustees. He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination... | |
 | George Dyer - 1814 - 394 Seiten
...south and southwest side; On either which he could dispute, Confute, change hands, and yet dispute. He'd undertake to prove by force Of argument, a man's...buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl : All this by syllogism too, By mood and figure he could do. In truth, the divinity of those times... | |
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twixt south and southwest side; On either which he would dispute, Confute, 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,... 
