 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: A Poem - Page 4by Samuel Butler - 1822 - 494 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Butler - 1861 - 394 pages
...circumcls'd; And truly so he was, perhaps, Not as a proselyte, but for claps.* He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skill'd in analytic; He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west aide; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute: He'd undertake to... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1797 - 722 pages
...perbaps, lsTot as a proselyte, but for claps. He was in logic a great critie, 65 Profoundly skill'din analytic; He could distinguish, and divide A hair...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 buxaard is no fowl,... | |
 | 1802 - 448 pages
...— • r. 59. MR. WINDHAM. He was in logic a good critic, Profoundly skill'd in analytic : He would distinguish and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side ; On either side whieh he'd dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute. y.6S. MR. PITT. _ when he pleas'd... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1805 - 440 pages
...Profoundly skill'd in s analytick ! •ili: cou'd distinguish and divide A hair 'twixt south 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 no horse. He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl.... | |
 | Samuel Butler - English poetry - 1809 - 448 pages
...proselyte, hut for claps. He was in Logic a grout eiitick, '65 Profoundly skill'd in aanalytick! He con'd distinguish and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side; On either which he would dispute, Coufute, change hands, and still coufute, 70 He'd undertake to prove, hy force Of argument, a man's... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 654 pages
...; And truly so he was, perhaps, Not as a proselyte, but for claps. He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skill'd in analytic ; He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south and so'jth-west side ; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute : He'd... | |
 | Religion - 1811 - 706 pages
...Churchman himself a Calvinist, must be like Hudibras, who Was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic : He could distinguish, and divide A hair...dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute. As we despair to see such a genius during our days, we do not hesitate to sing a requiem to the apprehensions... | |
 | Religion - 1811 - 708 pages
...Calvinist, must be like Hudibras, who Was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic i He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south...dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute. As we despair to see such a genius during our days, we do not hesitate to sing a requiem to the apprehensions... | |
 | Religion - 1811 - 982 pages
...critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic : He -could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south aad south-west side : On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute., As we despair to see such a genius during our days, we do not hesitate to sing a requiem to the apprehensions... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English literature - 1811 - 510 pages
...ii,:!'ly ridiculed in the First Canto of Hudthras. — Thus t— • '' He was in lo^ic a great critic, Profoundly skill'd in analytic: . He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt sonth and sonth-west side; On either which he would dispnte, Confnte, change hands, and still confute... | |
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