 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. He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument,...  The Philadelphia Journal of Homœopathy - Page 2451856Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Butler - 1861 - 248 pages
...of a class of persons who had previously been of no higher grade than constables ; and the town of 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 ; He'd undertake to prove, by force... | |
 | William Francis Collier - American literature - 1862 - 550 pages
...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 pages
...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;... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - Authors, English - 1862 - 360 pages
...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 twixt south and south-west side : On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute.' The character is not out of date,... | |
 | John Gwyn Jeffreys - Mollusks - 1863 - 506 pages
...these so-called species must have greater ingenuity than even the learned knight, of whom it was said " He could distinguish and divide A hair, 'twixt south and south-west side." The variety " squamula" is flatter and smoother than usual; " aculeata" has the imbricated scales pinched... | |
 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 pages
...II. Act IV. Scene 2. (Cade to Dick.) LOGIC. — He was in logic a great critie, Profoundly skill'd 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. LONDON. — The very houses seem... | |
 | Samuel Butler - English poetry - 1864 - 518 pages
...some indecent phrases, were after corrected He was in Logic a great critic,* el Profoundly skill'd in Analytic ; He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side ; On «ither side he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute ;1 TO He'd undertake to prove... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1864 - 426 pages
...editions of 1674, 1684, 1689, 1694, 1700. And truly so perhaps he was, 'Tis many a pious Christian's case. 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 : He'd undertake to prove, by force... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 pages
...rage but half a grain ; Which made some take him for a tool That knaves do work with, called a fool He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled...hair '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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 pages
...Than to a blackbird 'tis to whistle. HIS LOGIC. 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; On either which he woidd dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute: He'd undertake to prove, by force... | |
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