 | Samuel Butler - 1857 - 374 pagine
...that Vere adeptus earned : He understood the speech of birds As well as they themselves do words ; Could tell what subtlest parrots mean, That speak and think contrary clean ; 550 What member 'tis of whom they talk When they cry Rope, and Walk, Knave, walk. He'd extract numbers... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 830 pagine
...parrot prophesies I" To this Butler hints when, speaking of Ralpho's skill in augury, he says : — " hts and measures were presentable and punishable. The seal'd '' How he tremble* in hii ecstasy !] Thus, in our Author's " Venus and Adonis," 159S : — " Thus stands... | |
 | John Lyly, Frederick William Fairholt - 1858 - 318 pagine
...which parrots were taught to use. Butler speaks of a politician who unravelled hidden allusions, and " could tell what subtlest parrots mean, That speak...talk, When they cry rope, and walk, knave, walk." Page 12,1. 18, Her wedding ring.—An allusion to the custom of putting a ring in a pig's nose. 22.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 832 pagine
...parrot prophesies !" To this Butler bin» when, speaking of Ralpho's skill in augury, he says :— " Could tell what subtlest parrots mean That speak,...member 'tis of whom they talk, When they cry rope, and ua/A-, knave, walk.11 ь Нтс he trembles in hit ecstasy !] Thus, in our Author's " Venus and Adonis,"... | |
 | John Lyly - 1858 - 302 pagine
...parrots were taught to use. Butler speaks of a politician who unravelled hidden allusions, and " — — could tell what subtlest parrots mean, That speak...What member 'tis of whom they talk, When they cry ro/ie, and walk, knave, walk." Page 12, 1. 18. Her wedding ring. — An allusion to the custom of putting... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 762 pagine
...following lines very much in point from " Hudibras :" — " Could tell what subtlest parrots mean, Thnt speak and think contrary clean ; What member 'tis of whom they talk, When they cry Rojit, and Walk, Imaee, wait." Conr. How say you now ? is not your husband mad ? Adr. His incivility... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1861 - 248 pagine
...that Vere adeptus\\ earned: He understood the speech of birds As well as they themselves do words; IT Could tell what subtlest parrots mean, That speak...talk, When they cry, 'Rope,' and 'Walk, knave, walk.'* collected edition of his works, he suppressed the treatise De Occultd * A nickname given to Dr. Vaughan,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1861 - 410 pagine
...sir,my parrot prophesies.' To this Butler hints when, speaking of Ealpho's skill in augury, he says: 1 Could tell what subtlest parrots mean That speak and...whom they talk, When they cry rope, and walk, knave, walk'—WARBUETOK. 8 Did this companion—did this fellow; the word companion being in Shakespeare's... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Richard Grant White - 1863 - 486 pagine
...Warburton makes the following apt quotation from Hudibras, which refers to Ealpho's skill in augury : — " Could tell what subtlest parrots mean, That speak...talk, When they cry Rope, and Walk, knave, walk." p. 185. " your customers" : — those to whose company you are accustomed : of old, a common use of... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1864 - 426 pagine
...that Verb adeptus earned : He understood the speech of birds As well as they themselves do words ; Could tell what subtlest parrots mean, That speak...talk When they cry ' Rope, ' and ' Walk, knave, walk. ' He'd extract numbers out of matter, And keep them in a glass, like water, Of sovereign pow'r to make... | |
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He understood the speech of birds As well as they themselves do words ; Could tell what subtlest parrots mean, That speak and think contrary clean ; What member 'tis of whom they talk When they cry ' Rope,' and 
