...Profoundly Ikill'd in analytic, inr. He'd undertake to prove by force Of argument a man's no horfe ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl,, And that a lord may be an owl ; A calf an alderman, a goofe a juftice, And rooks committee-men and truftees, ire. Cant. i. ver. 6$. For rhetoric, he could...

...change hands, and ftill confute : 70 He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man 's no horfe ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl ; Ver. 6i.] Here is an alteration without any amendment; for the following lines, And truly fo he was,...

...change hands, and li ill confute : He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's DO horfe ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl ; A calf an alderman, a goofe a juilice f, And rooks committee-men and truftces. He'd run in debt by difputation, Aad pay with...

...change hands, and Hill confute : 70 He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's nohorfe ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl ; A calf an alderman, a goofe a juftice, 75 And rooks Committee-men and Truftees. Ver. 55, 56.] Thisisthepropertyof a pedantic...

...— • r. 59. MR. WINDHAM. He was in logic a good critic, Profoundly skill'd in analytic : He would distinguish and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side ; On either side whieh he'd dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute. y.6S. MR. PITT. _ when he pleas'd...

...confute : 70 He'd undertake to prove, by foree Of argument, a man's no horfe ; He'd prove a buiiard is no fowl, , And that a lord may be an owl ; A calf an alderman, a goofe a juftice, 75 And rooks committee-men and truftees. V. at, sc.] This is the property of a pedtintic...

...Profoundly skill'd in s analytick ! •ili: cou'd distinguish and divide A hair 'twixt south and^outh-west side; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute. #0 He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse. He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl....

...still confnte: He'd nndertake to prove, by force Of argnment, a man's no horse; He'd prove a bnzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl ; A calf an alderman 9, a goose a jnstice, And rooks committee-men 1° and trnstees. He'd rnn in debt by dispntation, And...

...proselyte, hut for claps. He was in Logic a grout eiitick, '65 Profoundly skill'd in aanalytick! He con'd distinguish and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side; On either which he would dispute, Coufute, change hands, and still coufute, 70 He'd undertake to prove, hy force Of argument, a man's...

...Calvinist, must be like Hudibras, who Was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic : He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south...dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute. As we despair to see such a genius during our days, we do not hesitate to sing a requiem to the apprehensions...