 tis known he could speak Greek As naturally as pigs squeak; That Latin was no more difficile, Than to a blackbird 'tis to whistle...  Hudibras - Strana 9podľa Samuel Butler - 1835Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Joseph Angus - 1880 - Počet stránok 726
...worshipful on shoulder blade. . . . We grant, altho' he had much wit, He was very shy of using it ; As being loth to wear it out, And therefore bore it not about, Unless on holidays or so, As men their best apparel do. Besides, 'tis known he could speak Greek, As naturally... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1880 - Počet stránok 362
...enough he was no such ; We grant, although ho had much wit, He was very shy of using it ; As being loath to wear it out, And therefore bore it not about, Unless on holidays, or so, As men their best apparel do ; Besides, 'tis known he could speak Greek As naturally... | |
 | John McGovern - 1880 - Počet stránok 762
...and superstition : We grant, although he had much wit, He was very shy of using it; As being loath to wear it out, And therefore bore it not about, Unless on holidays, or so, As men their best apparel do; Besides, 't is known he could speak Greek As naturallv... | |
 | William Swinton - 1880 - Počet stránok 694
...shoulder-blade. ****** We grant, although he had much wit, H' was very shy of using it, As being loath to wear it out, And therefore bore it not about, Unless on holidays or so, As men their best apparel do. 15 7. drum ecclesiastie. Alluding to the vehement action... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1881 - Počet stránok 270
...'Tis plain enough he was not such; 45 We grant, although he had much wit, H' was very shy of using it; As being loth to wear it out, And therefore bore it not about, Unless on holy-days, or so, 50 As men their best apparel do. CANTO i.] HUDIBRAS. Beside, 'tis known he could speak Greek As naturally... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - 1882 - Počet stránok 914
...-Hudibras. Ft. II Canto I. Line 269. We grant, altho' he had much wit, Л' was very shy of using it; As being loth to wear it out, And therefore bore it...on holy-days, or so, As men their best apparel do. (Í. BÜTLEB — Buaibras. Pt. I. Canto I. Line 45. Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - 1882 - Počet stránok 926
...—Hiulibraa. Pt. II Canto I. Line 269. We grant, altho' he had innch wit, 1Г was very shy of using it; A« being loth to wear it out. And therefore bore it not about; Unless on holy-days, or so, AB men their best apparel do. d. BCTXXB— Hudlbras. Pt. I. Canto I. Line 45. Don't put too fine a... | |
 | James Hogg, Florence Marryat - 1882 - Počet stránok 780
...another alternative— personal safeWE grant, although he had much wit, He was very shy of using it, As being loth to wear it out ; And therefore bore it not about, Unless on holidays or so, As men their best apparel do. BUTLER (Hudibras]. ty and high rewards are in your power.... | |
 | H. L. Sidney Lear - 1882 - Počet stránok 200
...Epigrams. (1613.) CXXXVII. SIR HUDIBRAS. WE grant, although he had much wit, He was very shy of using it, As being loth to wear it out, And therefore bore it not about, Unless on holidays or so, As men their best apparel do. Besides, 'tis known he could speak Greek As naturally... | |
 | Harriet B. Swineford - 1883 - Počet stránok 302
...forty is a fool indeed. YOURS. WIT. We grant, altho' he had much wit, H' was very shy of using it, As being loth to wear it out, And therefore bore it...on holy-days, or so, As men their best apparel do. BUTLER. Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food. HAZLITT. life by tasteless food ; but God has... | |
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