Joseph Butler

1692 - 1752 *

Anglican Bishop whose moral philosophy criticises hedonism and provides an alternative which borrows from a number of other approaches

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And pulpit, drum ecclesiastick,
Was beat with fist instead of a stick. -- Hudibras. Part i. Canto i. Line 11.

Samuel Butler

We grant, although he had much wit,
He was very shy of using it. -- Hudibras. Part i. Canto i. Line 45.

Samuel Butler

Beside, 't is known he could speak Greek
As naturally as pigs squeak;
That Latin was no more difficile
Than to a blackbird 't is to whistle. -- Hudibras. Part i. Canto i. Line 51.

Samuel Butler

He could distinguish and divide
A hair 'twixt south and southwest side. -- Hudibras. Part i. Canto i. Line 67.

Samuel Butler

For rhetoric, he could not ope
His mouth, but out there flew a trope. -- Hudibras. Part i. Canto i. Line 81.

Samuel Butler

For all a rhetorician's rules
Teach nothing but to name his tools. -- Hudibras. Part i. Canto i. Line 89.

Samuel Butler

A Babylonish dialect
Which learned pedants much affect. -- Hudibras. Part i. Canto i. Line 93.

Samuel Butler

For he by geometric scale
Could take the size of pots of ale. -- Hudibras. Part i. Canto i. Line 121.

Samuel Butler

And wisely tell what hour o' the day
The clock does strike, by algebra. -- Hudibras. Part i. Canto i. Line 125.

Samuel Butler

Whatever sceptic could inquire for,
For every why he had a wherefore. -- Hudibras. Part i. Canto i. Line 131.

Samuel Butler

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