 | John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 lapas
...To many, that had not one word. . . 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... | |
 | Oliver Oldham - 1858 - 422 lapas
...afford To many, that had not one word. He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic ; He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt 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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 780 lapas
...blackbird 'tis to whistle. HIS LOGIC. 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,... | |
 | Evenings - 1860 - 386 lapas
...To make some think him circumcised. 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 would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute ; He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument,... | |
 | English language - 1861 - 312 lapas
...: — CHARACTER OF SIR HODIBfLAI. 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 would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute ; He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862 - 346 lapas
...stronger in disputation than in arms. ' 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 would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute.' The character is not out of date, and there... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 678 lapas
...ludicrous light. THE LEARNING OF HUDIBRAS. He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic; He could distinguish, 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;... | |
 | John Gwyn Jeffreys - 1863 - 506 lapas
...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... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 550 lapas
...ludicrous light. THE LEARNING OF HUDIBRAS. He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic ; He could distinguish, 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... | |
 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 lapas
...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 asleep ;... | |
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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, a goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees. 
