| Samuel Butler, Robert Thyer - 1759 - 538 pages
...The Caufe of th' Elephant, or Moufe. Some held no Way fo orthodox To try it, as the Ballot-Box ; 475 And, like the Nation's Patriots, To find, or make,...and open it; And, for their private Satisfaction, 480 To re-examine the Tranfaction ; And after explicate the reft, As they fhould find Caufe for the... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 404 pages
...favour, 470 And knew not whether to efpoufe The caufe of th' Elephant or Moufe. Some held no way fo orthodox To try it, as the ballot-box, •And, like the nation's patriots, 47$ To find, or make, the truth by votes i Others conceiv'd it much more fit T' unmount the tube, and... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1803 - 522 pages
...to favour 47s And knew not whether ta efpoufe The eaufe of th' Elephant or Moufe Some held no way fo orthodox To try it, as the ballot-box, - . And, like the nation's patriots, 475 To find, or make, the truth by votes ; Others eoneeiv'd it mueh more fit T' unmount the tube, and... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 pages
...true elephant's proboscis. Others began to doubt and waver, tlncertain-which o' th' two to favour. And knew not whether to espouse The cause of th' elephant...patriots, To find, or make, the truth by votes : Others couceiv'd it much more fit T unmount the tube, and open it, And, for their private satisfaction, To... | |
| Robert Deverell - 1813 - 666 pages
...true elephant's proboscis. Others began to doubt and waver, Uncertain which o' th' two to favour, 47O And knew not whether to espouse The cause of th' elephant...mouse. Some held no way so orthodox To try it, as the ballot io.r, And like the nation's patriots, 473 To find, or make the truth by votes : Others conceiv'd... | |
| Robert Deverell - 1816 - 304 pages
...280 A Some held no way so orthodox To try it, as the ballot bo.r, And like the nation's patriots* 475 To find, or make the truth by votes : Others conceiv'd it much more fit T' unmount the tube, and open it, And for their private satisfaction, To re-examine the transaction.... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1835 - 328 pages
...agreeing, As if they 'ad several faiths of seeing. Some swore, upon a second view, That all they 'ad seen before was true ; And that they never would recant...as the ballot-box, And, like the nation's patriots, 475 To find, or make, the truth by votes : Others conceiv'd it much more fit T" unmount the tube, and... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1835 - 316 pages
...agreeing, As if they 'ad several faiths of seeing. Some swore, upon a second view, That all they 'ad seen before was true ; And that they never would recant...as the ballot-box, And, like the nation's patriots, 475 To find, or make, the truth by votes : Others conceiv'd it much more fit T' unmount the tube, and... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pages
...true elephant's proboscis. Others began to doubt and waver, Uncertain which o' th' two to favour, Anil Why so du ballet-box, And, like the nation's patriots, To find, or make, the truth by rotes : Others conceiv'd... | |
| Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 850 pages
...lia!!o!ntiuH*. HI-IK/. Woltoniantf, 260. Some held no way so orthodox To try it, as the ballol-Ьот, And, like the nation's patriots, To find, or make, the truth by votes. Butler. The Elephant in the Moon. I am afraid, in process of time, it will introduce new inconveniences... | |
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