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" H' had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules he did it by ; Else when with greatest art he spoke, You'd think he talk'd like other folk ; For all a rhetorician's rules Teach nothing but to name his tools. "
Hudibras: A Poem - Page 5
by Samuel Butler - 1822 - 494 pages
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The Art of English Poetry Containing: Rules for making verses. A collection ...

Edward Bysshe - English language - 1710 - 620 pages
...H*ad Words ready to fhew why, And i-fil what Rules he did it by. Elfewhen with greateft Art he {poke, You'd think he talk'd like other Folk. For all a Rhetorician's Rules, Teach nothing but to name his Tools. Hud. RHYME. Rhyme the Rudder is of Verfes, With which, like Ships, they fteer their Courfes. Hud. Andthofe...
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Hudibras: In Three Parts, Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Volume 1

Samuel Butler - Satire - 1744 - 570 pages
...oppreffed the Country in a moft arbitrary and fcandalous 2 manner; Elfe when with greateft Art he fpoke, You'd think he talk'd like other Folk. For all a Rhetorician's Rules 90 Teach nothing but to name his Tools. But, when he pleas'd to fhew't, his Speech In Loftinefs of...
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Hudibras: In Three Parts

Samuel Butler - English poetry - 1750 - 488 pages
...words ready to fhew why, < And tell what rules he did it by i . Elfe when with greateft art he fpoke, You-'d think he talk'd like other folk. „ For all a rhetorician's rules .... 50 Teach nothmg but to name his tools. But, when he pleas'd to fhew't, his fpeech In loftinefs...
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Hudibras: In Three Parts. Written in the Time of the Late Wars. By Samuel ...

Samuel Butler - 1753 - 466 pages
...words, ready to fhew why, And tell what rules he did it by : El!e, \vhen with greateft art he.fpoke, You'd think he talk'd like other folk. For all a Rhetorician's rules 90 Teach nothing but to name his tools. But, when he pleas'd to fhew't, his fpeech In loftinefs of...
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Hudibras: Poëme, Volume 1

Samuel Butler - 1757 - 400 pages
...ready to shew why , 'And tell what Rules he did it by : fife when with greateft Art hefpoke , You 'd think he talk'd like other folk. for all a Rhetorician's Rules Teach nothing but to name his Tools. But, when he pleas' d to shew't , his Speech In loftinejf of Sound was rich ; A Babylonish Dialeft...
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Hudibras, Volume 1

Samuel Butler - 1757 - 464 pages
...what Rules he did it by : life when with greatest Art he /poke , fou' d think he talk'd like othfr Folk. for all a Rhetorician's Rules Teach nothing but to name his Tools. IBut, when he pleas' d to shew't , his Speech In lof tine ff of Sound was rich ; A Babylonish Dialett...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volumes 6-7

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 738 pages
...the two Houfes at Weftminfter, to fine and imprifon whom they pleafed. HUD IB RAS, PART I. CANTO I. , For all a rhetorician's rules Teach nothing but to name his tools. 90 But, when he pleas'd to fhow 't, his fpeech, In loftinefs of found, was rich 5 • A Babylonifh dialeft, Which learned pedants...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volume 6

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 372 pages
...two Houfes at Weftminfter, to fine and imprifon whom they pleated. For all a rhetorician's rules , V Teach nothing but to name his tools. • 90 But, when he pleas'd to fhow 't, his fpeech, In loftinefs of found, was rich 5 ' •. A Babylonifh dialea, Which learned pedants...
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The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 59

Tobias Smollett - Books - 1785 - 504 pages
...hindered from hearing the effft'l of imiikal intervals, becaufc he is ignorant of their ratios; » ' For all a rhetorician's rules Teach nothing but to name his tools.' We cannot agree with the author, when he fays, that harttiony is rather the parent than the offspring...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 13

English poets - 1790 - 342 pages
...words ready to fhew why, . 85 And tell what rules he did it by; Elfe when with greateft art he fpoke, You'd think he talk'd like other folk ; For all a...rhetorician's rules Teach nothing but to name his tools. 50 Ver. 75.] Such was Alderman Pennington, who fent a perfon to Newgate for tinging (what he called)...
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