 I' th' middle of his speech, or cough, 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 5by Samuel Butler - 1822 - 494 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 410 pages
...CANTO i.] HUDIBRAS. 11 A calf an Alderman, a goose a Justice,3 75 And rooks Committee-Men or Trustees.4 He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination....there flew a trope : And when he happen'd to break off5 I' th' middle of his speech, or cough, s A calf an Alderman, a goose a Justice,] A doggrel Alexandrine... | |
 | Samuel Butler - Poets, English - 1835 - 456 pages
...of Cardinal Perron. A calf an Alderman, a goose a Justice,8 75 And rooks Committee-Men or Trustees.4 He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination....there flew a trope : And when he happen'd to break off5 I* th' middle of his speech, or cough, • A calf an Alderman, a goose a Justice,] A doggrel Alexandrine... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 340 pages
...disputation, And pay with ratiocination : All this by syllogism, true In mood and figure he would do. so For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out...of his speech, or cough, H' had hard words ready to show why, as And tell what rules he did it by ; Else, when with greatest art he spoke, You'd think... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 294 pages
...disputation, And pay with ratiocination : All this by syllogism true, In mood and figure he would do. For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out...of his speech, or cough, 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 338 pages
...disputation, And pay with ratiocination : All this by syllogism true, In mood and figure he would do. For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out...there flew a trope : And when he happen'd to break off 1' th' middle of his speech, or cough, H' had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules he... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 342 pages
...disputation, And pay with ratiocination : All this by syllogism true, In mood and figure he would do. For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope: And when he happen'd to break oft 1' th' middle of his speech, or cough, H' had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules... | |
 | 1837 - 352 pages
...disputation, And pay with ratiocination. All this by syllogism, true In mood and figure, he would do. For Rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope. — Butler. 640. Made/sty of True Wisdom. — There is, among the records of "Newton, a sentence in... | |
 | Joseph Addison - Bookbinding - 1837 - 478 pages
...We do not question but you arc as great an orator as sir Hudibras, of whom the poet sweetly sings. -He could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope." If you will send us down the half dozen well-turned periods, that produced such dismal effects in your... | |
 | Mask (pseud.) - Great Britain - 1839 - 260 pages
...very serious doubts of the "orator fit" adage — whether, like the Roundhead knight, When he happened to break off I' th' middle of his speech, or cough, H' had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules he. did it by, or not, I cannot tell. He certainly impressed me with... | |
 | James Grant - Great Britain - 1839 - 270 pages
...serious doubts of the " orator fit" adage — whether, like the Roundhead knight, When he happened to break off I' th' middle of his speech, or cough, H' had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules he did it by, or not, I cannot tell. He certainly impressed me with the... | |
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