 | John Bell - English poetry - 1797 - 722 pages
...metaphysies, and school* divinity. J2 RtmucAS. Part I. The diff 'rence was so small, his brain Outweigh 'd his rage but half a grain ; Which made some take him for a tool 33 That knaves do work with, call'da Fool. For 't has been held by many, that As Montaigne, playing... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1805 - 440 pages
...either for the land or water.) But here our author makes a douht, Whether he were more wise or stout. SO Some hold the one, and some the other ; But howsoe'er, they make a pother, The difference was so small, his hraioOutweigh'd his rage hut half a grain ; Which made some take him for... | |
 | William Henry Ireland - Fools and jesters - 1807 - 356 pages
...error, Sed variis illudit partibus; of whom it may truly be said, according to the opinion of Butler, The difFrence was so small, his brain Outweigh'd his...half a grain ; Which made some take him for a tool That knaves do work with, call'da Fool. The splenetic Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, should not be omitted,... | |
 | Samuel Butler - English poetry - 1809 - 448 pages
...howsoe'er, they make a pother, The diff" renre was so small, his hrain Ontweigh'd his rage bnt hair a grain ; Which made some take him for a tool, 35 That knaves do work with, call'da fool. For 't has been held by many, that As Montaignec, playing with his cat. Complains she thonght him bnt... | |
 | Samuel Butler - English poetry - 1812 - 876 pages
...either for the land or water.) But hwe our authors make a doubt, "Whether he were more wise or stout. 30 Some hold the one, and some the other, But howsoe'er, they make a pother; The difference was so small, his brain Outweigh'd his rage but half a grain; What made gome take him for... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - Translating and interpreting - 1813 - 466 pages
...there is more diffusion in the translation than in the original. Thus, Butler says, The difference was so small, his brain Outweigh'd his rage but half a grain ; Which made some take him for a tool That knaves do work with, call'da fool Thus amplified by Voltaire, and at the same time imperfectly... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1816 - 304 pages
...on horseback like a knight (as he is copied from the moon in fig. 3), Fig. 3. Outweigh'd his rage by half a grain ; Which made some take him for a tool 35 That knaves do work with, call'da fool. For't has been held by many that, As Montaigne, playing with his cat, Complains she thought him but... | |
 | Samuel Butler - English poetry - 1819 - 560 pages
...either for the land or water.) But here our authors make a doubt, Whether he were more wise or stout. 30 Some hold the one, and some the other, But howsoe'er,...small, his brain Outweigh'd his rage but half a grain ; What made some take him for a tool 35 That knaves do work with, call'da fool. For't has been held... | |
 | Samuel Butler - Great Britain - 1819 - 390 pages
...stout. SO Some hold the one, and some the other ; But howsoe'er they make a pother, The difference was so small, his brain Outweigh'd his rage but half...a tool 35 That knaves do work with, call'da fool. For't has been held by many, that As Montaigne, playing with his cat, Complains she thought him but... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 416 pages
...seldom upon any other oeeasion. Hut here onr authors make a doubt Whether lte were more wise or stout: Some hold the one, and some the other, But, howsoe'er they make a pother, The differenee was so small, his brain Outweigh'd his rage but half a grain; Whieh made some take him for... | |
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And styled of war as well as peace (So some rats, of amphibious nature, Are either for the land or water) : But here our authors make a doubt Whether he were more wise or stout... 
