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...question but you are as great an orator as sir Hudibras, of whom the poet sweetly sings, " — — He could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope." If you will send us down the half dozen well-turned periods that produced such dismal effects in your...

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...WARBURTOM. VER. 205. Bentley his mouth, &c.~\ An imitation of Butler, Iludibras, i. I. 81. " For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope." "WA But Welfted moft the Poet's healing balm Strives to extract from his foft, giving palm ; Unlucky...

...We do not question but you are as great an orator as sir Hudibras, of whom the poet sweetly sings, -He could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope." If you will send us down the half dozen well-turned periods that produced such dismal effects in your...

...pay with ratiocination: All this by syllogism, true In mood and figure, he would do. For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope ; And when he happen'd to break off ]' th" middle of his speech, or cough, H1 had hard words ready...

...figures, however absurd and inconsistent, they are the more applauded by their audience— " For rhetoric he could not ope " His mouth, but out there flew a trope." Plain argument, and the simple language of nature, is considered as a common attainment, and disregarded...

....ratiocination : uiiilT .All this by Byllogisrn, true , In mood and figure he would do. • ,-iJBC For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope ; And when he happen'd to break off I' th' middle of his speech or cough, H' had hard words, ready...

...the members of the two Houses at Westminster, to fine ana imprison whom they pleased. For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope ; And when he happen'd to break off I' th' middle of his speech, or cough, He' had hard words ready...