 | William Cramp - 1838 - 276 pages
...ARTICLE. BUTLER'S DESCRIPTION OF HUDIBRAS' TALENTS AS A LOGICIAN. • He'd undertake to prove, by fore« Of argument, a man's no horse ; He'd prove a buzzard...no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl, A calf an alderman, a goose a justice, And rooks committee men and trustee» ; He'd run in debt by disputation,... | |
 | James Grant - 1839 - 270 pages
...DR. WHATELY, ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN. He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic. He could distinguish and divide A hair, 'twixt south and south-west side ; All which, by syllogism true, In mood and figure, he would do. — BUTLER. IN the preparation of... | |
 | Mask (pseud.) - 1839 - 260 pages
...DR. WHATELY, ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN. He WMS in logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic. He could distinguish and divide A hair, 'twixt south and south,west side ; All which, by syllogism true, In mood and figure, he would do. — SUTLER. IN the preparation of... | |
 | Charles Hodge, Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater - 1840 - 644 pages
...comic picture drawn by the caustic pen of But» ler, to satirise the logical pedant of his day: — " He could distinguish and divide, A hair 'twixt south...would dispute, Confute, change hands and still confute ; And run in debt by disputation, And pay with raciocination. All this, by Syllogism true, In mood... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...Splitters of hairs, like Hudibras, Who was in logic a great critic Profoundly skilled in analytic ; He could distinguish and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side. weaker faction is the firmer in conjunction ; and it is often seen, that a few that are stifl', do... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 pages
...Not as a proselyte, but for claps. He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skill'd in analytic : He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south...no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl ; A calf an alderman, a goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees. He'd run in debt by disputation,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pages
...many, that had riot one word. * * He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skill'd in analytic ; P ~ ( A TbL n| a y ) 48 J +Z 7LU g5_ ... XK( j T~ c Ľ &^ fVIø &k k 1a %X э J 7 ! : * aldenuan, a goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees. He'd run in debt by disputation,... | |
 | 1844 - 520 pages
...altogether exempt. For instance — " He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skill'd in analytic; He could distinguish and divide A hair 'twixt south...hands, and still confute; He'd undertake to prove, hy force Of argument, a man's no horse ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fuwl, And that a lord may be an... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 868 pages
...father of all. Clarke. Sermon l.vol. X. He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skill'd in analytic ; He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side. Butler. Hudibrat, part i. can. 2. Tilings that move so swift, as not to affect the senses distinctly... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 282 pages
...logic a great critic, Profoundly skill'd in analytic ; He could distinguish and divide A hair 'tteixt south and southwest side ; On either which he would...no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl ; A calf an alderman, a goose a justice, 2 And rooks committee-men and trustees. He'd run in debt by disputation,... | |
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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,... 
