 twixt south and south-west 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,...  Hudibras: Poem - Page 3by Samuel Butler - 1812 - 410 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - Authors, English - 1862 - 360 pages
...a great critie, Profoundly skill'd in analytic ; He could distinguish and divide A hair twixt south and south-west side : On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute.' The character is not out of date, and there are personages in the 19th century who worry society in... | |
 | William Francis Collier - American literature - 1862 - 550 pages
...skilled in analytic ; He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side ; 15 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,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...great critic, Profoundly skill'd in analytic: He could distinguish, and divide 0A hair 'twixt south and south-west 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... | |
 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 pages
...great critie, Profoundly skill'd in analytic : He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side ; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute. LONDON. — The very houses seem asleep ; And all that mighty heart is lying still ! WORDSWORTH. —... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1864 - 426 pages
...perhaps he was, 'Tis many a pious Christian's case. He could 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 prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl,... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 pages
...great critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic ; He could 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 prove by force Of argument a man 's no horse : He 'd prove a buzzard is no fowl,... | |
 | 1866 - 390 pages
...great critic, « Profoundly skill'd in analytic ; He could distinguish, and divide A hah- 'twixt south and south-west side; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute : 10 He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse ; V. 55, 56. This is the property... | |
 | George Oliver - 1867 - 412 pages
...special pleading, or as Hudibras expresses it, a power to -distinguish and divide A hair 'twixt south and southwest side ; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute," had not then obtained such complete possession of the mind as to induce men to advance arguments in... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations - 1867 - 752 pages
...Sh. Oth. n. 1. He that complies against his will, Is of his own 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,... | |
 | Dawson Brothers (Montréal, Quebec), Son of Bon-Accord in North America - Aberdeen (Scotland) - 1868 - 154 pages
...great critic, Profoundly skill'd in analytic ; He could distinguish and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side, On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute His people were thus profoundly impressed with the extent of his erudition, and, like Goldsmith's schoolboys,... | |
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