 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 - 1805 - 350 pages
...entertain, With purpose to be drest 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 7s O, my Anthonio, 1 do know of those, That therefore only are reputed wise, For saying nothing ; who,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 348 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... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 416 pages
...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1808 - 400 pages
...With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit ; As who should say, " 1 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... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1810 - 402 pages
...And do a wilful stillness entertain : With purpose to be drest in an opinion, AS who should say, ' I am Sir Oracle, ' And when I ope my lips let no dog bark.' Merchant of Venice. Snm felix ; quis enim neget ? felixque manebo; Hoc qnoque quit dnbitet • Tutum... | |
 | John Walker - 1810 - 394 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 436 pages
..."With purpose to be dre&s'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 I O, my Antonio, 1 do know of these. That therefore only are reputed wise, For saying nothing; who,... | |
 | Stephen Jones - 1812 - 50 pages
...actually published in four ; but such is the flippant tone of this urbane reviewer ; as who should say, *f I am Sir Oracle ; and when I ope my lips, let no dog bark." SHAKSPEARE. The reader is requested to revert to Notes (XXXIX.) and (XLlI.), for proofs of the preternatural... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 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! O, my Anthonio, I do know of these, That therefore only are reputed wise, For saying nothing; who, I am very sure, If they should... | |
 | 1850 - 938 pages
...surmise, yon torn round in arage, and storm and stamp, proclaiming, at the top of your voice, ' • I am Sir Oracle, and when I ope my lips let no dog bark." With regard to Blackwootfs statistics, you again and again admit their unchallengeable correctness.... | |
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