 His tawny beard was th' equal grace Both of his wisdom and his face ; In cut and dye so like a tile, A sudden view it would beguile ; The upper part whereof was whey, The nether orange, mix'd with grey.  Knight's Penny Magazine - Page 101844Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Butler - English poetry - 1774 - 254 pages
...beard was th' equal grace Both of his wifdom and his face ; In cut and dye fo like a tile, .A fudden view it would beguile : The upper part thereof was whey, The nether orange mix'd with grey. This hairy meteor did denounce The fall of feeptres and of crown* : .\Vith grizly type did reprefent... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 600 pages
...Butler has transmitted to posterity in the following lines : ' His tawny beard was th" equal grace Both of his wisdom and his face ; In cut and dye so like...The upper part thereof was whey, The nether orange raixt with grey.' The whisker continued for some time among us after the expiration of beards ; but... | |
 | 1804 - 412 pages
...Butler has transmitted to posterity in the following lines: ' His tawny beard was th' equal grace Both of his wisdom and his face ; In cut and dye so like a tile, A sudd«n view it would beguile : The upper part thereof was whey, The nether orange mixt with gray.'... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1805 - 440 pages
...we shall discuss : Then listen, Sirs, it follows thus : 240 His tawn^ beard was th' equal grace Both of his wisdom and his face , In cut and dye so like a tile, A sndden view it would beguile : The uppper part thereof was whey ; 245 The nether, orange mix'd with... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 384 pages
...posterity in the following lines : ' His tawny beard was th' equal grace Both of his wisdom and his tact ; In cut and dye so like a tile, A sudden view it would...The upper part thereof was whey, The nether orange mixt with grey/ The whisker continued for some time amotig us alter the expiration of beards ; but... | |
 | Samuel Butler - English poetry - 1812 - 876 pages
...follows thus: t40 His tawuy beard was th' equal grace * Both of his wisdom and his face ; In cut and die so like a tile, A sudden view it would beguile: The upper part thereof was whey, J15 The nether orange mix'd with grey. This hairy meteor did denounce The fall of sceptres and of crowns:... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1816 - 304 pages
...we shall discuss : Then listen, Sirs, it follows thus. 240 His tawny beard was th' equal grace Both of his wisdom and his face ; In cut and dye so like...it would beguile : The upper part thereof was whey, 24,5 The nether orange mix 'd with grey. ' This hairy meteor did denounce The fall of sceptres and... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1819 - 366 pages
...OF HUDIBRAS. J. Thompson. Thus was he gifted and accduter'd His tawny beard was th' equal grace Both of his wisdom and his face; In cut and dye so like a tile, A sudden view it would beguile. His puissant sword unto his side, Near his undaunted heart was tied; With basket-h'dt that would hold... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1819 - 368 pages
...solder." ******•* " His tawny beard was th' equal grace Both of his wisdom and his face ; In cut and die so like a tile, A sudden view it would beguile : The upper part thereof was whey, The nether orange mixed with grey. This hairy meteor did denounce The fall of sceptres and of crowns ; With grisly type... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1819 - 378 pages
...Butler has transmitted to posterity hi the following lines : ' His tawny beard was th' equal grace Both of his wisdom and his face; In cut and dye so like a tile, A sadden view it would beguile : The upper part thereof was whey, The nether orange mixt with grey.'... | |
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