 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...  History of the English Language and Literature - Side 71av Robert Chambers - 1837 - 328 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 416 sider
...proselyte, but for elaps.* He was in logie a great eritie, Profoundly skill'd in analytie ; He eould distinguish, and divide A hair, 'twixt south and south-west side; On either whieh he would dispute, Confute, ehange hands, and still eonfute : He'd undertake to prove, by foree... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - 582 sider
...venture to point out a passage, which I think he himself must pronounce highly poetical, as follows : " He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skill'd...south-west side: On either which he would dispute, Con/tiff, change hand*, aud still confute ; He'd undertake ' to prove,' by force Of argument, a nuuN... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1822 - 542 sider
...And truly so he was, perhaps, Not as a proselyte, but for claps. He was in logic a great critic, 65 Profoundly skill'd in analytic ; He could distinguish...dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute. 70 -He'd undertake to prove, by force f *' Of argument, a man's no horse ; " t' He'd prove a buzzard... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 314 sider
...was, perhaps, Not as a proselyte, but for claps 8. He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skilfd in 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 buzzard is no fowl, And that... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - 584 sider
...highly poetical, as follows : " He was in logic a great critic, ', Profoundly skitl'd in analytic; lie could distinguish and divide A hair 'twixt south and...dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute ; He'd undertake ' to prove,' by force Of argument, a man's no horse. All this, without a gloss or comment,... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1822 - 532 sider
...was in logic a great critic, 65 Profoundly skill'd in analytic ; / He could distinguish and divide if A hair, 'twixt south and south-west side ; On either...dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute. 70 He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl,... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - 1822 - 108 sider
...sense. point out a passage, which I think he himself must pronounce highly poetical, as follows: " He was in logic a great critic, " Profoundly skill'd...analytic; " He could distinguish and divide " A hair 'twist south and south-west side: " On either which he would dispute, " Confute, change hands, and... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - 1822 - 260 sider
...sense. point out a passage, which I think he himself must pronounce highly poetical, as follows : ' He was in logic a great critic, ' Profoundly skill'd in analytic ; ' He could distinguish and divide 1 A hair 'twixt south and south-west side : ' On either which he would dispute, ' Confute, change hands,... | |
 | 1822 - 580 sider
...i, "He was in logic a great critic, He could distinguish and divide Profoundly skill'd in analytic; A hair 'twixt south and south-west side: On either which he would dispute, He'd undertake ' to prove,' by force Confute, change hands, and still confute; All this, without a... | |
 | William Banks - 1823 - 462 sider
...of his hero sir Hudibras, he informs us, that, " He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled in 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 ; e * He'U prove a buzzard is no fowl, And... | |
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