 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.  Hudibras: Poem - Page 2by Samuel Butler - 1812 - 410 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1797 - 722 pages
...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 : 5o Some hold the one, and come the other, But, howsoe'er they make a pother, peregrinations are so... | |
 | 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 a tool, 3$. That knaves do... | |
 | William Henry Ireland - Fools and jesters - 1807 - 356 pages
...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 rage but half a grain ; Which made some take him for a tool That knaves do work with, call'da Fool. The splenetic Pyrrhus,... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Thomas Park - 1808 - 506 pages
...anthors make a donbt Whether he were more wise or stont : Some hold the one, and some the other, Bnt, howsoe'er they make a pother, The difference was so small, his brain Ontweigh'd his rage bnt half a grain ; Which made some take him for a tool That knaves do work with,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 654 pages
...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 : Some hold the one, and some the other, But, howsoe'cr they make a pother, The difference was so small,... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 666 pages
...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. 30 Some hold the one, and some the other : by the aid of that method of printing, conceive the subject at first under the aspect intended, it... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - Translating and interpreting - 1813 - 466 pages
...point, we find 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,... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1816 - 304 pages
...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. 30 Some hold the one, and some the other : by the aid of that method of printing, conceive the subject at first under the aspect intended, it... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 412 pages
...country. I He kneeled to the King, when he knighted him, but seldom upon any other oecasion. r But here our authors make a doubt Whether he were more wise or stout : Some hold the one, and some the other, But, howsoe'er they make a pother, The difference was so small,... | |
| |
