 | 1856 - 1432 pages
...fourth page, would be read twice or thrice on the spot, before going farther : " For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope; And when he happened to break off I' the middle of his speech, or cough, H' had hard words ready to show why, And... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - Humor - 1846 - 282 pages
...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, or cough, H' had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules he... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 410 pages
...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' tli ' middle of his speech, or cough, H' had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules he... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...ratiocination : All this by syllogism, true In mood and figure, he would do. For rhetoric, he could end I" th' middle of his speech, or cough, H' had hard words, ready to show why, And tell what rules he... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - English poetry - 1850 - 596 pages
...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' the middle of his speech, or cough, He had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules he... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1850 - 710 pages
...ratiocination : All this by syllogism, true In mood and figure, he would do. For rhetoric, he could happcn'd to break ofi' I' th' middle of his speech, or cough, H' had hard words, ready to show why,... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 594 pages
...this by syllogism, true In mood and figure, he would do. For rhetoric, he could not ope His month, but out there flew a trope ; And when he happen'd to break off I' the middle of his speech, or cough, H' had hard words, ready to show why, And tell what rules he... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - English language - 1852 - 364 pages
...with ratiocination : AH 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 1' th' middle of his speech, or cough, H' had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules he... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1853 - 838 pages
...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 oft' I' th' middle of his speech or cough, H' had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules... | |
 | Samuel Butler, George Gilfillan - 1854 - 296 pages
...ratiocination. All this by syllogism, true In mood and figure, he would do. so 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, or cough, H' had hard words ready to show why. And tell what rules he... | |
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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,... 
