 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 Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 544 pages
...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'er...make a pother, 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,... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 444 pages
...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'er...make a pother, The difference was so small, his brain Outweighed his rage but half a grain ; Which made some take him for a tool That knaves do work with,... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 446 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 : Some hold the one, and some the other ; But howsoe'er they make a pother, The difference was so small,... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 578 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 : Some hold the one, and some the other ; But howsoe'er they make a pother, The difference was so small,... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 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 : Some hold the one, and some the other ; But howsoe'er they make a pother, The difference was so small,... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1901 - 468 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: Some hold the one, and some the other; But howso'er they make a pother, The difference was so small,... | |
 | Justin Loomis Van Gundy - 1906 - 122 pages
...passages:1 Hudibras, I, i, 29: But here our author makes a doubt, Whether he were more wise or stout. Some hold the one and some the other; But howsoe'er...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. For 't has been held... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1906 - 844 pages
...well as peace. (So some rats, of amphibious nature, Are either for the land or water.) IB 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 diff 'rence was so small,... | |
 | Julian Hawthorne - 1902 - 476 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 ; Some hold the one, and some the other : But howsoe'er they make a pother, The difference was so small,... | |
 | Edward Chauncey Baldwin, Harry Gilbert Paul - 1908 - 428 pages
...either for the land or water. But here our authors make a doubt, 15 Whether he were more wise, or stout. Some hold the one, and some the other ; But howsoe'er they make a pother, The diff'rence was so small, his brain Outweigh'd his rage but half a grain; ao Which made some take him... | |
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