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. But, when he... The guards - Pagina 13door Guards - 1827Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| Samuel Butler - 1861 - 394 pagina’s
...which sided with the parliament, cosnH'd run in debt by disputation. And pay with ratiocination: All this by syllogism, true In mood and figure he would...affect; It was a party-colour'd dress Of patch'd and piebald languages ; 'Twas English cut on Greek and Latin, Like fustian heretofore on satin; It had... | |
| John Bell - 1797 - 722 pagina’s
...think he talk'd like other folk ; For all a rbetorician's rules Teach nothing but to name his tools. 90 But, when he pleas'd to show't, his speech, In loftiness...rich; A Babylonish dialect, Which learned pedants much aifect ; It was a party.colour'd dress 95 Of patch'd and py.ball'd languages; 'Twas English cut on... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 pagina’s
...Fur all a rhetorician's rules Teach nothing but to name his tools. But, when he plcas'd to show "t, his speech, In loftiness of sound, was rich ; A Babylonish...affect ; It was a party-colour'd dress Of patch'd and py-ball'd languages ; Twas English cut on Greek and Latin, Like fustian heretofore on satin; It had... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1812 - 876 pagina’s
...For all a rhetorician's rules Teach nothiug but to name his tools. 90 But, when he pleas'd to shtw't, his speech In loftiness of sound was rich; A Babylonish...dialect, Which learned pedants much affect: It was a party-colourM dress 95 Of f>atch'd and py-ball'd languages : 'Twas English cut on Greek and Latin,... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 412 pagina’s
...out there flew a trope ; And when he happen'd to break off I' th' middle of his speech, or cough, He' had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules...affect ; It was a party-colour'd dress Of patch'd and piebald languages ; 'Twas English cut on Greek and Latin, Like fustian heretofore on satin ; It had... | |
| Samuel Butler, Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 456 pagina’s
...out there flew a trope ; And when he happen'd to break off F th' middle of his speech, or cough, He' had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules...Babylonish dialect, Which learned pedants much affect j It was a party -colourM dress Of patch'd and piebald languages ; 'Twas English cut on Greek and Latin,... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1819 - 560 pagina’s
...For all a rhetorician's rules Teach nothing but to name his tools. 90 But, when he pleas'd to shew't, his speech In loftiness of sound was rich ; A Babylonish...pedants much affect: It was a party-colour'd dress i { 9-5 Of patch'd and pye-ball'd languages : 'Twas English cut on Greek and Latin, Like fustian heretofore... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1819 - 390 pagina’s
....For all a rhetorician's rules Teach nothing but to name his tools. 90 But, when he pleas'd to shew't, his speech " In loftiness of sound was rich ; A Babylonish dialect, Which learned pedants much affect ; r. 79. /'••'•' this by syllogism true.] An argument in logic consisting of three propositions,... | |
| John Duncan (philosophical writer.) - 1820 - 138 pagina’s
...views with respect to them. Of this, Butler's account of Hudibras's language is a great e xample . 117 A Babylonish dialect, Which learned pedants much affect, It was a party-colour'd dress Of patch 'd and py-ball'd languages, 'Twas English rut on Greek and Latin, Like fustian heretofore on... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 314 pagina’s
...other folk ; For all a rhetorician's rules Teach nothing but to name his tools. But, when he pleased to show't, his speech, In loftiness of sound, was...affect ; It was a party-colour'd dress Of patch'd and piebald languages ; Twas English cut on Greek and Latin, Like fustian heretofore on satin ; It had... | |
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