 He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination : All this by syllogism true, In mood and figure he would do. For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope : And when he happen'd to break off I' th" middle of his speech,...  Hudibras, a Poem - Страница 2по Samuel Butler - 1819Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | British essayists - 1802 - 266 страници
...question but you are as great an orator as sir Hudibras, of whom the poet sweetly sings, " — — He could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope." If you will send us down the half dozen well-turned periods that produced such dismal effects in your... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1803 - 522 страници
...pay with ratiocination : All this by fyllogifm true. In mood and figure he would do. So For rhetorie, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope:...when he happen'd to break off I' th' middle of his fpeech, or cough, H' had hard words ready to fliew why, 85 And tell what rules he did it by ; Elfe... | |
 | 1804 - 764 страници
...characters reminded us forcibly of Hudibras, who, we arc told, was fo poetically metaphorical, that he .. " could not ope " His mouth, but out there flew a trope." The ailing was in every rcfpeft good. Mrs. Jordan and the junior Bannifter difplayed their fuperior... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1805 - 440 страници
...ratiocination. All this by syllogism, true In mood and figure, he would do. 8° ForRnETOHie, he cou'd not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope : And when lir- happun'd to break otf I' th' middle oi Ins speech, orcungh, H' had hard words ready lo shew why,... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 442 страници
...Almighty. WARBURTOM. VER. 205. Bentley his mouth, &c.~\ An imitation of Butler, Iludibras, i. I. 81. " For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope." "WA But Welfted moft the Poet's healing balm Strives to extract from his foft, giving palm ; Unlucky... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 494 страници
...We do not question but you are as great an orator as sir Hudibras, of whom the poet sweetly sings, -He could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope." If you will send us down the half dozen well-turned periods that produced such dismal effects in your... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Thomas Park - 1808 - 506 страници
...Westminster, to fine and imprison whom they pleased. For rhetoric, he conld not ope His month, bnt ont there flew a trope ; And when he happen'd to break off I' tli' middle of his speech, or congh, fT had hard words ready te show why, And tell what rnles he did... | |
 | Samuel Burdy - 1817 - 596 страници
...tropes, and figures, however absurd and inconsistent, they are the more applauded by their audience— " For rhetoric he could not ope " His mouth, but out there flew a trope." Plain argument, and the simple language of nature, is considered as a common attainment, and disregarded... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 412 страници
...authorny, horn the members of the two Houses at Westminster, to fine ana imprison whom they pleased. For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out...to break off I' th' middle of his speech, or cough, He' had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules he did it by; Else when with greatest art... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 456 страници
...of Hudibras to his Lady - 366 The Lady's Answer to the Knight - - - - 378 I C'anto 1. HTDiBRAe. 17 For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out...there flew a trope ; And when he happen'd to break off F th' middle of his speech, or cough, He' had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules he... | |
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