 There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond, And do a wilful stillness entertain, With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should say, " I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my...  Elements of Criticism: Volume I [-II]. - Page 332by Lord Henry Home Kames - 1765Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 544 pages
...With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit ; As who should say, / am Sir Oracle, And, when I ope my lips, let no dog bark ! O, my Antonio, I do know of these, That therefore only are reputed wise, For saying nothing ; who, I am very... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1827 - 362 pages
...With purpose to (be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should say, / am Sir Oracle, And, when I ope my lips, let no dog bark! 0, my Antonio, I do know of these, That therefore only are reputed wise, For saying nothing. LO<HTACITY.... | |
 | Paul Duport - 1828 - 458 pages
...With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom , gravity, profbund conceit ; As who should say : I am sir oracle , And , when I ope my lips , let no dog bark '. TH 7 ' A ces amis qui veulent égayer Antonio, en succède un qui vient réclamer ses services.... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1899 - 540 pages
...And do a wilful stiliness entertain ; With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion, As who should say, " I am Sir Oracle, " And when I ope my lips let no dog bark." Merchant of Fruit*. Sum felEz i quis enim neget f felixque manebo: Hoe quoque quia dubitet I Tutum... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...AVith purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should say, lam Sir Oracle, \~ And, when I ope my lips, let no dog bark.' 1 do know of these, That therefore only arc reputed wise, For saying nothing. Shaksneart. DCCCCLXXII.... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 484 pages
...entertain, With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should say, I am Sir Oracle, And, when I ope my lips, let no dog bark ! O, my Antonio, I do know of these, That therefore only are reputed wise, For saying nothing ; who, I am very... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1831 - 328 pages
...same time, prove my observation to be just: Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should say, I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark ! O my Antonio, I do know of those, That therefore only are reputed wise, For saying nothing. MERCHANT OF... | |
 | Mrs. Hamerton - 1831 - 178 pages
...With purpose to be drese'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit ; As who should say, I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark !" MERCHANT or Vf.MCK. ON the following evening, Margaret seated herself in the drawing-room to wait... | |
 | 1832 - 872 pages
...defeat" he has sustained, and let him not imagine that he is euch an oracle — " As who would say I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark." We are sincerely grieved, that " a man of honour and a gentle376 377 man, and a member of our profession,"... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...entertain, With purpose to be drest in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit, As who should say, I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark ! I'll tell thee more of this another time ; But fish not with this melancholy bait For this fool's... | |
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