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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,... "
The Southern Review - Page 154
1871
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Hudibras: A Poem, Volume 1

Samuel Butler - 1822 - 542 pages
...was, perhaps, Not as a proselyte, but for claps. He was in logic a great critic, 65 Profoundly skill'd in analytic ; He could distinguish and divide A hair,...dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute. 70 -He'd undertake to prove, by force f *' Of argument, a man's no horse ; " t' He'd prove a buzzard...
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Letters to Lord Byron on a Question of Poetical Criticism: With Corrections ...

William Lisle Bowles - 1822 - 260 pages
...was in logic a great critic, ' Profoundly skill'd in analytic ; ' He could distinguish and divide 1 A hair 'twixt south and south-west side : ' On either...hands, and still confute; ' He'd undertake " to prove," by force ' Of argument, a man's no horse. ' All this, without a gloss or comment, ' He could unriddle...
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Letters to Lord Byron on a Question of Poetical Criticism: To which are Now ...

William Lisle Bowles - 1822 - 108 pages
...a great critic, " Profoundly skill'd in analytic; " He could distinguish and divide " A hair 'twist south and south-west side: " On either which he would...hands, and still confute; " He'd undertake " to prove," by force " Of argument, a man's no horse. " AH this, without a gloss or comment, " He could unriddle...
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The Pamphleteer, Volume 20

Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - 582 pages
...himself must pronounce highly poetical, as follows : " He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skill'd in analytic; He could distinguish and divide A hair...south-west side: On either which he would dispute, Con/tiff, change hand*, aud still confute ; He'd undertake ' to prove,' by force Of argument, a nuuN...
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Hudibras: A Poem, Volume 1

Samuel Butler - 1822 - 532 pages
...was in logic a great critic, 65 Profoundly skill'd in analytic ; / He could distinguish and divide if A hair, 'twixt south and south-west side ; On either...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,...
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The Pamphleteer, Volume 20

1822 - 580 pages
...i, "He was in logic a great critic, He could distinguish and divide Profoundly skill'd in analytic; A hair 'twixt south and south-west side: On either which he would dispute, He'd undertake ' to prove,' by force Confute, change hands, and still confute; All this, without a...
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The English Master: Or, Student's Guide to Reasoning and Composition ...

William Banks - 1823 - 462 pages
...the learned. In enumerating the rare qualifications of his hero sir Hudibras, he informs us, that, " He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled...hands, and still confute. He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse ; e * He'U prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be...
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Select British Poets, Or, New Elegant Extracts from Chaucer to the Present ...

William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...Not as n proselyte, but for claps. He was in logic a great critie, Profoundly skill'd in analytie: Hazlitt by force Of argument, a man's no horse; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an...
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Noctes Atticae: Or, Reveries in a Garret; Containing Short, and Chiefly ...

Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 524 pages
...oblivion, and the peace of society be freed from this grata itous pleader aad demonstrator. On either hand he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute ; He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse. Hudibrai, canto 1. Samuel Butler. The history of this inimitable...
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Noctes Atticæ, or Reveries in a garret; containing observations on men and ...

Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 492 pages
...oblivion, and the peace of society be freed from this gratuitous pleader and demonstrator. On either hand he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute ; He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no tiorse. Hudibras, canto I. Samuel Butler. The history of this inimitable...
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