 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 Johnson Fox - 1833 - 302 pages
...teach others, except it be by the absurdity and disgust of their example. He who says by implication, 'I am Sir Oracle, and when I ope my lips, let no dog bark,' can only meet with the sarcasm, suppressed by the civil and the servile, uttered by the proud or the... | |
 | William Johnson Fox - 1833 - 302 pages
...teach others, except it be by the absurdity and disgust of their example. He who says by implication, 'I am Sir Oracle, and when I ope my lips, let no dog bark,' can only meet with the sarcasm, suppressed by the civil and the servile, uttered by the proud or the... | |
 | William Johnson Fox - 1833 - 348 pages
...teach others, except it be by the absurdity and disgust of their example. He who says by implication, ' I am Sir Oracle, and when I ope my lips, let no clog bark,' can only meet with the sarcasm, suppressed by the civil and the servile, uttered by the... | |
 | Miss Pardoe (Julia) - 1834 - 268 pages
...MUST be permitted to remark," observed the Countess of Blacksley, in that tone " As who shall say, ' I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips let no dog bark' " — " I must be permitted to remark that the sacrifices which my niece Lady Clara Nichols has made... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1834 - 328 pages
...pool, And do a wilful stillness entertain Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit, As who should say, ' I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips let no dog bark.'" MERCHANT OF VENICE. " Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer,... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1834 - 336 pages
...And do a wilful stillness 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 Venice. Sum felix ; quis mini neget ? felixque manebo ; Hoc quoque quis dubitet ? Tutum... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1835 - 272 pages
...pool, And do a wilful stillness entertain Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit, As who should say, " I am Sir Oracle. And when I ope my lips let no dog hark." MERCHANT OF VENICE. Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, Toung Lycidas, and haih not left his... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 554 pages
...With purpose to be dressed 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... | |
 | BIBLIOTHEQUE ANGLO-FRANCAISE - 1836 - 648 pages
...With 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 ! O my Antonio, I do know of these, That therefore only are reputed wise, For saying nothing ; who, I am very... | |
 | 1836 - 424 pages
...With purpose to be dressed'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 ! I'll tell thee more of this another time; But fish not with this melancholy bait For this fool's... | |
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