 I' th' middle of his speech, or cough, H' had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules he did it by ; Else when with greatest art he spoke, You'd think he talk'd like other folk ; For all a rhetorician's rules Teach nothing but to name his tools.  The Monthly review. New and improved ser - Page 3131800Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1800
...but the scurrility ; had not that opera Drawcansir been gathered to his fathers, and the piece betn too dull even for the translator of an opera. The...pleas'd to shew't, his speech In loftiness of sound Xvas rich ; A Babylonish dialect, Which learned pedants much affect ; It was a party-colour'd dress... | |
 | 1802
...south-west side ; On either side whieh he'd dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute. MR. PITT. - ' when he pleas'd to shew't, his speech In loftiness of sound was rich. V. 91. THE PURSUITS OF LITERATURE. A Babylonish dialeft, Which learned pedants much affecl ; It was... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1809 - 336 pages
...talk'd like other folk. •For all a rhetorician's rules Teach nothing hut to name his tools. 90 But, when he pleas'd to shew't, his speech, In loftiness of sound, was rich; A Bahylouian f dialect, Which learned pedants mnch affect. It was a party -co tour'd dress :;-» Of patcfi'... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810
...For all a rhetorician's rules Teach nothing but to name his tools. But, when he pleas'd to show 't, his speech, In loftiness of sound, was rich ; A Babylonish dialect, Which learned pedants much affect ; It was a party-colour'd dress Of patch'd and py-ball'd languages ; Twas... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1819 - 294 pages
...talk'd like other folk. .For all a rhetorician's rules Teach nothing but to name his tools. 90 But, when he pleas'd to shew't, his speech " In loftiness of sound was rich ; A Babylonish dialect, Which learned pedants much affect ; r. 79. /'••'•' this by syllogism true.] An argument in logic consisting... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1819
...talk'd like other folk. For all a rhetorician's rules Teach nothing but to name his tools. 90 But, when he pleas'd to shew't, his speech In loftiness of sound was rich ; A Babylonish dialect, Which learned pedants much affect: It was a party-colour'd dress i { 9-5 Of patch'd and pye-ball'd languages... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819
...For all a rhetorician's rules Teach nothing but to name his tools. But, when he pleas'd to show't, his speech, In loftiness of sound, was rich ; A Babylonish dialect, Which learned pedants much affect ; It was a party-colour'd dress Of patch'd and piebald languages ; 'Twas... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 390 pages
...For all a rhetorician's rules Teach nothing but to name his tools. But, when he pleas'd to show't, his speech, In loftiness of sound, was rich ; A Babylonish dialect, Which learned pedants much affect j It was a party -colourM dress Of patch'd and piebald languages ; 'Twas... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 822 pages
...he talk'd like other folk ; For all a rhetorician's rules Teach nothing but to name his tools. But, comfort for me. 452 NEW ELEGANT EXTRACTS. 453 Henceforth shall be Corydon's theme. High transports learned pedants much affect ; Jt was a party-coloured dress . Of patch'd and piebald languages; 'Twas... | |
 | Guards - 1827
...folk: For all a rhetorician's rules Teach nothing but to name his tools. But when he pleas'd to show't, his speech In loftiness of sound was rich ; A Babylonish dialect, Which learned pedants much affect; It was a party-colour'd dress " Of patch'd and meball'd languages ; *... | |
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