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... Granby: A Novel - Seite 129von Thomas Henry Lister - 1826 - 330 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| William Shakespeare - 1803 - 446 Seiten
...stillness J 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 dag bark ! O, my Antonio, I do know of these, That therefore only are reputed wise, For-... | |
| Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 416 Seiten
...stilness 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... | |
| Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 398 Seiten
...stilnrss 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... | |
| John Walker - 1810 - 394 Seiten
...wilful stillness 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... | |
| George Crabbe - 1810 - 402 Seiten
...like a standing pool. 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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1811 - 436 Seiten
...stillness* entertain, "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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1810 - 418 Seiten
...stillness entertain. With purpose to be drest in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit J) As who should say, I am sir Oracle, " And, when I ope my lifis, let no dog- bark 1 O, my Antonio, I do know of these, That therefore only are reputed wise,... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1813 - 568 Seiten
...serve to disgust a delicate and to provoke a severe critic. When Mr. Grant comes before us, he comes " As who should say, I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my mouth let no dog bark." If we were to judge by the present production, we should think that he had paid much more attention... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 Seiten
...stillness 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 lip* let no dog bark." O, my Antonio, I do know of those. 008 BOOK III. 609 That therefore only are... | |
| Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - 1817 - 532 Seiten
...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 lips, let no dog bark 1 O my Antonio, I do know of those, That therefore only are reputed wise For... | |
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