 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...  Conversation; or, Shades of difference - Page 63by Heron - 1821Full view - About this book
 | George Crabbe - City and town life - 1810 - 402 pages
...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 quit dnbitet • Tutum... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 418 pages
...like a standing pond ; And do a wilful stillness entertain, With purpose to be drest in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit ; As who should say, I am sir OrSde, And, when I ofie my It/is, let no dog bark ! O, my Antonio, I do know of these, That therefore... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 436 pages
...like a standing pond; And do a wilful stillness* entertain, "With purpose to be dre&s'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should...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 Shakespeare - 1810 - 418 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 588 pages
...like a standing pond, And do a wilful stillness entertain, With purpose to be drest in an opinion, Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit ; As who should say, I am Sir Oracle (8) And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark ! 0 my Anthonio, I do know of those, That therefore only... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...like a standing pond ; And do a 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 lip* let no dog bark." O, my Antonio, I do know of those. 008 BOOK III. 609 That therefore only are... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1816 - 452 pages
...like a standing pond ; And do a wilful stillness entertain, With purpose to be deess'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should say, I am Sir Or.icle, And when I ope my lips, let no dog "Dark ! O my Anthonio, I do know of those, That therefore... | |
 | Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1817 - 532 pages
...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...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 saying nothing. . Again:... | |
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