 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 - Page 71by Robert Chambers - 1837 - 328 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Jerdan - 1852 - 386 pages
...infirmity of the Drawing Master account : Turner was a singular compound. CHAPTER XIX. PETER PINDAB. 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 no Horse. He'd prove a Buzzard is no fowl, And that... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head. 'Byron. LOGIC. LONDON. 407 LOGIC. HE waa in logic a great critic, Profoundly skill'd in analytic;...and divide A hair 'twixt south, and south-west side. Butler. Logicians use to clap a proposition, As justices do criminals m prison, And in as learn'd authentic... | |
 | Humorous recitations - 1853 - 404 pages
...logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic ; He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twist 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,... | |
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...attain the mind-subtlety of ! I in I ilit'ui : — " He was in Logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic ; He could distinguish and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west aide, — On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute ; For he a rope... | |
 | Theodore Alors W. Buckley - Children's literature, English - 1854 - 332 pages
...the more mysterious relations of moral events and intellectual natures. gewrigtura 0f a SuWIe BUTLEB. HE was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skill'd...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... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1854 - 292 pages
...Queen, book ii. canto 2, § 17. And truly so perhaps he was, es 'Tis many a pious Christian's caso. He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skill'd...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,... | |
 | Samuel Butler, George Gilfillan - 1854 - 296 pages
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 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...HIS LOGIC. He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly r-kill'd in analytic: He could diKtiniruish, and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side; On either which he would dispute. Confute, chance hands, and still confute: He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse; He'd... | |
 | 1856 - 778 pages
...admit that like his noble and learned antitype, " 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 side he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute !" But to be serious once more, is... | |
 | 1856 - 508 pages
...word-conjurer, a chopper pf logic, a man who could demonstrate that black is white, and vice versd : " On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute." We know by experience that Protestants always object to an argument that appears to them to be too... | |
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