 twixt south and southwest 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,...  The Pamphleteer - Page 18edited by - 1822Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Oldham - Humorous recitations - 1858 - 422 pages
...To many, that had not one word. He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic ; He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south...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 - English literature - 1859 - 780 pages
...blackbird 'tis to whistle. HIS LOGIC. He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic : He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south...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,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 pages
...He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skill'd in analytic ; He could distinguish and divide j? hair 'twixt south and southwest side ; On either which...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,... | |
 | Samuel Butler - English poetry - 1859 - 624 pages
...many a pious Christian's case.3 He was in Logic a great critic, 65 Profoundly skill'd in Analytic ; He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south...he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute.4 70 He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse ; 1 " He Greek and Latin... | |
 | Evenings - 1860 - 386 pages
...make some think him circumcised. He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skill'd in analytic ; He could distinguish and divide A hair 'twixt south and...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,... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1861 - 248 pages
...a class of persons who had previously been of no higher grade than constables ; and the town of He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south,...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,... | |
 | English language - 1861 - 312 pages
...— CHARACTER OF SIR HODIBfLAI. He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skill'd in analytic : He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south...dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute ; He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination : All this by syllogism true, In mood and figure... | |
 | 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...undertake to prove by force Of argument a man's no horse ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord ma; be an owl — A calf, an alderman— a goose,... | |
 | Katherine Thomson - 1862 - 328 pages
...in disputation than in arms. ' He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skill'd in analytic ; He could distinguish and divide A hair twixt south and...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 - 1862 - 678 pages
...south-west side ; 226 SPECIMEN OF " nUDIBRAS." On either which he would dispute, Confute, change bands, and still confute; He'd undertake to prove by force Of argument a man's no horse ; He'd prove a buzzard ia no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl — A calf, an alderman— a goose,... | |
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