 So Tongue was the lawyer, and argued the cause With a great deal of skill, and a wig full of learning ; While chief baron Ear sat to balance the laws, So famed for his talent in nicely discerning. In behalf of the Nose it will quickly appear, And your...  Poems - Page 216by William Cowper - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851 - 424 pages
...past : For thee, fair Virtue ! welcome ev'n the last ! POPE.2 NOSE AND EYES. Between Nose and Eyes a strange contest arose, — The spectacles set them...cause, With a great deal of skill and a wig full of learning ; While Chief Baron Ear sat to balance the laws, So famed for his talent in nicely discerning.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 624 pages
...the clerk! REPORT OF AN ADJUDGED CASE, NOT TO BE FOUNT) IN ANY OF THE BOOKS. BETWEEN Nose and Eyes mere nullity obeys, Who found thee nothing, formed...suffering, his unquestioned 1 ˀ + causa With a great deal of skill, and a wig full of learning; While chief baron Ear sat to balance... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1851 - 790 pages
...i proof aud illustration of this Batirieal aswrtioo. Jfo«E, Plaintiff:— EYES, Defendants. So the Tongue was the lawyer, and argued the cause, With a great deal of ikill, and a wig full of learning, While Chief Baron Ear sat to balance the laws. So fam'd for his... | |
 | Omar - 1852 - 120 pages
...crotchety on this point, and were much puzzled to get over the difficulty. So OQ this knotty point a sad contest arose — The spectacles set them unhappily wrong ; The point in dispute was, every one knows, Could Omar take office and not have them on ? A. and B. were the lawyers, and argued... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...way ? COWPER. REPORT OF AN ADJUDGED CASE, NOT TO BE FOUND IN ANY OF THE BOOKS. BETWEEN Nose and Eyes a strange contest arose, The spectacles set them unhappily...cause With a great deal of skill, and a wig full of learning ; While chief baron Ear sat to balance the laws, So famed for his talent in nicely discerning.... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1853 - 382 pages
...the clerk ! REPOBT OF AN ADJUDGED CASE, NOT TO BE FOUND IN AN! OF THE BOOKS. BETWEEN Nose and Eyes a strange contest arose, The spectacles set them unhappily...cause With a great deal of skill, and a wig full of learning ; While chief baron Ear sat to balance the laws, So famed for his talent in nicely discerning.... | |
 | Humorous recitations - 1853 - 404 pages
...YERSUS THE EYES.— COWPER. BETWEEN nose and eyes a strange contest arose, The spectacles set then unhappily wrong ; The point in dispute was, as all...cause, With a great deal of skill, and a wig full of learning ; While Chief Baron Ear sat to balance the laws, So famed for his talent in nicely discerning.... | |
 | C. Gough - 1853 - 414 pages
...Between nose and eyes a strange contest arose, The spectacles set them unhappily wrong ; The puint in dispute was, as all the world knows, To which the...cause With a great deal of skill, and a wig full of learning ; While chief baron ear sat to balance the laws, So fam'd for his taleut in so nicely discerning.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 796 pages
...Books. I. BETWEEN Noso and Eyes a strange contest arose The spectacles set them unhappily wrong ; II. So Tongue was the lawyer, and argued the cause With a great deal of skill, and a wig full of learning, While chief baron Ear sat to balance the laws, So fam'd for his talent in nicely discerning.... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1853 - 492 pages
...hooking itself, fastens the door. PALEY. LESSON XCIV. ? 4 THE NOSE AND THE EYES. 1. BETWEEN Nose and Eyes a strange contest arose ; The spectacles set them,...wrong ; The point in dispute was, as all the world know, To whom the said spectacles ought to belong. 2. So Tongue was the lawyer, and argued the cause,... | |
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