 | Samuel Butler - English poetry - 1750 - 488 pages
...pother, The diff'rence was fo fmall, his brain Outweigh'd his rage but half a grain ; 3 5 Which made fome take him for a tool That knaves do work with, call'da...fool. For't has been held by many, that As MONTAIGNE c, playing with his cat, Complains me thought him but an afs, 4.0 Much more fhe wou'd Sir HUDIBRAS... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1757 - 400 pages
...diff'rence was fo fmall , his Bratn Outweighed his Rage but half a Grain ; Which made feme take him fer a Tool That Knaves do work with , call'da fool. for't has been held by many , that As Montaigne s playing with his Cat , Complains fhe thought him but an Afs , Much more fhe wou'd Sir Hudibras ;... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1757 - 424 pages
...other , The diff'rence was fo fmall , his Brain Outweigh'd his Rage but half a Grain ; Which made fome take him for a Tool That Knaves do work with , call'da, fool. fort has been held by maay , that As Montaigne , playing with his Cat > Complains fhe thought him but an Afs , Much more... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1757 - 406 pages
...diff'renct was fo fmall , his Brain Outweigh' d his Rage but half a Grain i Which made ftme take him far a Tool That Knaves do work with , call'da fool. for't has been held by many 3 that . .'. As Montaigne , playing with his Cat , ' -A Complains fhe thought him but an Afs , Much... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - Translating and interpreting - 1797 - 446 pages
...fays, The difference was fj fmall, his brain Outweigh'd his rage but half a grain} Which made fome take him for a tool That knaves do work with, call'da fool. THUS amplified by Voltaire, and at the fame time imperfectly tranflated. Mais malgré fa grande eloquence,... | |
 | Samuel Butler - English poetry - 1801 - 528 pages
...pother, The difFrence was fo fmall, his brain Outweigh'd his rage but half a grain ; 35 Which made fome take him for a tool That knaves do work with, call'da Fool. " I .take it up, and by this fword I fwear, Which gently laid my knighthood on my fhoulder, I'll anfwer... | |
 | William Henry Ireland - Fools and jesters - 1807 - 356 pages
...said, according to the opinion of Butler, The difFrence 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, call'da Fool. The splenetic Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, should not be omitted, whose occult science was vested in his... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 654 pages
...other, But, howsoe'cr they 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, call'da foot For 't has been held by many, that As Montaigne, playing with his cat, Complains she thought him... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - Translating and interpreting - 1813 - 466 pages
...in the original. Thus, Butler says, 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, call'da fool Thus amplified by Voltaire, and at the same time imperfectly translated : Mais maigre sa grande eloquence,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1819 - 644 pages
...' But, howsoe'er they 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, call'da fool. For 't has been held by many, that As Montaigne, playing with his cat, Complains she thought him but... | |
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... 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, his brain Outweighed his rage but... 
