 | Oliver Oldham - 1858 - 422 Seiten
...scanted His bounty unto such as wanted ; But much of either would afford To many, that had not one word. He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled...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,... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1858 - 594 Seiten
...logic a great critie, Profoundly skill'd in analytic; He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twist south and south-west side ; On either which he would...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 bo an owl, A calf an alderman,... | |
 | John William Donaldson - 1858 - 398 Seiten
...kind of explication by way of subdivision, which is exhibited in the Sophiste* (Hudibras, I. i, 65): ' He was in logic a great critic Profoundly skilled...divide, A hair 'twixt south and south-west side.' from that of theHeracleitean Cratylus;1 to show, in fact, that if the Heracleiteans were wrong in their... | |
 | Karl Otfried Müller, John William Donaldson - 1858 - 550 Seiten
...described the kind of explication by way of subdivision, which is exhibited in the (Hudlbrat, I. i, 65): ' He was in logic a great critic Profoundly skilled...could distinguish and divide, A hair 'twixt south and »outh-west lide.' from that of theHeracleitean Cratylus;1 to show, in fact, that if the Ileracleiteans... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1859 - 624 Seiten
...he was, 'Tis 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...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... | |
 | English language - 1861 - 312 Seiten
...place, described : — CHARACTER OF SIR HODIBfLAI. He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skill'd in analytic : He could distinguish, and divide A hair...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... | |
 | Beverley Tucker - 1861 - 438 Seiten
...change in his opinions, such conduct always commanded her gratitude and approbation. CHAPTER VIII. He was, in logic, a great critic, Profoundly skilled...could distinguish and divide A hair, 'twixt south and nouthwest side. HDDIBEAS. AMONG those who had thus manifested a disposition to win the favor of Delia... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862 - 360 Seiten
...Butler's verse, stronger in disputation than in arms. ' He was in logic a great critie, Profoundly skill'd in analytic ; He could distinguish and divide A hair...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 - 550 Seiten
...whose Puritan manners and opinions are represented in a most ludicrous light. THE LEARNING OF HUDIBRAS. He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled...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... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 678 Seiten
...whose Puritan manners and opinions are represented in a most ludicrous light. THE LEARNING OF HUDIBRAS. He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled...and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side ; 226 SPECIMEN OF " nUDIBRAS." On either which he would dispute, Confute, change bands, and still confute;... | |
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He was in logic a 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. 
