 | John Mills - 1841 - 322 Seiten
...philosopher, And had read every text and gloss over ; Whatevec sceptic could inquire for, For every why he had a wherefore : He could reduce all things to acts,...woods in sudden gusts, accompanied by sleet and rain, a9 Tom Bolton, the old whipper-in, sat in his " snuggery," as he called his cottage, before a log fire,... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1841 - 528 Seiten
...philosopher, And had read every text and gloss over; Whatever sceptic could inquire for. For every why he had a wherefore: He could reduce all things to acts, And knew their nature by abstracts." HUD1BRAS, It was a cold, comfortless night in December. The wind swept over the heath, whistling through... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - 1856 - 420 Seiten
...ev'ry text and glo?s over. Whatever sceptic could inquire for, For every why he had a ichtrefore : He could reduce all things to acts, And knew their nature by abstracts. Hudibras. CAPTAIN M was not undmindful of the promise which Le had made to M'Elvina relative to our hero ; and... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - 1866 - 460 Seiten
...ev'ry text and gloss over. Whatever sceptic could inquire for, For every wliy he had a vinerefure : He could reduce all things to acts, And knew their nature by abstracts. ltudibrat. CAPTAIN M was not unmindful of the promise which he had made to M'Elvina relative to our... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - 1873 - 444 Seiten
...philosopher, And had read every text and gloss over, \Vhatever sceptic could inquire for, For every why he had a wherefore. He could reduce all things to acts, And knew their nature by abstracts. Hudibi as. CAPTAIN M was not unmindful of the promise which he had made to M'Elvina relative to our... | |
 | Old favourites, Matilda Sharpe - 1881 - 438 Seiten
...was which he could not tell, But oftentimes mistook the one For the other, as great clerks have done. He could reduce all things to acts, And knew their nature by abstracts ; Where entity and quiddity, The ghosts of defunct bodies, fly ; Where truth in person does appear,... | |
 | H. L. Sidney Lear - 1882 - 200 Seiten
...was which he could not tell, But oftentimes mistook the one For th' other, as great clerks have done. He could reduce all things to acts, And knew their nature by abstracts ; Where Entity and Quiddity, The ghosts of defunct bodies, fly: Where truth in person doth appear,... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - 1896 - 488 Seiten
...read ev'ry text and gloss over. Whatever sceptic could inquire for, For every wAy he had a vohmfore : He could reduce all things to acts, And knew their nature by abstracts. Huditrai. CAPTAIN M was not unmindful of the promise which he had made to M'Elvina relative to our... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1841 - 586 Seiten
...of the work, which introduce us to the worthy just named, and his son Will, the Squire's huntsman. It was a cold comfortless night in December. The wind...a log fire blazing cheerfully upon the hearth. The rain battered against the windows with a chilling sound, and the old man continued to heap fresh wood... | |
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He was a shrewd philosopher, And had read every text and gloss over, Whatever sceptic could inquire for, For every why he had a wherefore. He could reduce all things to acts, And knew their nature by abstracts. 