 He says but little, and that little said Owes all its weight, like loaded dice, to lead. His wit invites you by his looks to come, But when you knock it never is at home: 'Tis like a parcel sent...  Poems - Seite 159von William Cowper - 1803 - 363 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 824 Seiten
...Pharian coast, Proteus a name tremendous o'er the main. Id. A graver coxcomb we may sometimes see, Quite as absurd, though not so light as he : A shallow...behind a serious mask, An oracle within an empty cask. Confer. ORACLE, in sacred history, is sometimes used for the mercy-seat, or the cover of the ark of... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 Seiten
...cogence, we may say, Why such a one should keep himself away. A graver coxcomb we may sometimes see, Quite as absurd, though not so light as he: A. shallow...empty cask, The solemn fop ; significant and budge ; A tool with judges, amongst fools a judge; He says but little, and that little said Owes all it's weight,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 Seiten
...cogence, we may say, Why such a one should keep himself away. A graver coxcomb we may sometimes see, Quite as absurd, though not so light as he; A shallow...significant and budge; A fool with judges, amongst fool* a judge; CONVERSATION. 43 : He says but littlo, and that little said Owes all iu weight. like... | |
 | 1836 - 808 Seiten
...neighbour's phiz. Touched with the magnet, had attracted his. A graver coxcomb we may sometimes see, Quite as absurd, though not so light as he : A shallow...serious mask — An oracle within an empty cask." — COWPKR. The races were just over for the day : the decorated purse lowered from its station in... | |
 | 1837 - 704 Seiten
...be to the meanest. Does our author remember in which of Cowper's Poems the following couplet occurs: 'A shallow brain behind a serious mask ; An oracle within an empty cask ?' The following passage occurs in page 256: ' To whatever 'depth we may push our metaphysical abstractions,... | |
 | Caroline Howard Gilman - 1838 - 290 Seiten
...*his world roll off, and leave us alone with God ! CHAPTER IV. MR. JOSEPH BATES, THE YANKEE LAD. " A shallow brain behind a serious mask, An oracle within an empty cask, He says but little, and, that little said, Owes all its weight, like loaded dice, to lead." Cowper't... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 260 Seiten
...cogence, we may say, Why such a one should keep himself away. A graver coxcomb we may sometimes see, 295 Quite as absurd, though not so light as he : A shallow...budge ; A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge ; 300 He says but little, and that little said Owes all its weight, like loaded dice, to lead. His... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 456 Seiten
...cogence, we may say, Why such a one should keep himself away. A graver coxcomb we may sometimes see, Quite as absurd, though not so light as he : A shallow brain bebind a serious mask, An oracle within an empty cask, The solemn fop ; significant and budge ; A fool... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 Seiten
...a sudden bow, Adieu, dear sir, lest you should lose it now. A graver coxcomb we may sometimes see, 44 rome, But when you knock, it never is at home : Tis like a parcel sent you by the stage, Some handsome... | |
 | William Cowper - 1847 - 556 Seiten
...cogence, we may say. Why such a one should keep himself away. A graver coxcomb we may sometimes see, Quite as absurd, though not so light as he ; A shallow brain bebind a serious mask. An oracle within an empty cask, The solemn fop; significant and budge; .'. fool... | |
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