 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
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...AVith 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.' 1 do know of these, That therefore only arc reputed wise, For saying nothing. Shaksneart. DCCCCLXXII.... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 484 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 ! O, my Antonio, I do know of these, That therefore only are reputed wise, For saying nothing ; who,... | |
 | Mrs. Hamerton - 1831 - 178 pages
...like a standing pool ; And do a wilful stillness entertain, With purpose to be drese'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit ; As who should...Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark !" MERCHANT or Vf.MCK. ON the following evening, Margaret seated herself in the drawing-room to wait... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1831 - 328 pages
...following instance will explain my meaning, and, at the same time, prove my observation to be just: Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should...Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark ! O my Antonio, I do know of those, That therefore only are reputed wise, For saying nothing. MERCHANT... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1831 - 500 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 say, I am sir Oracle, .Ind, when I ape my lips, let no dog bark ! O, my Antonio, I do know of these, Thai therefore only... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...mantle 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...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... | |
 | 1832 - 872 pages
...damned defeat" he has sustained, and let him not imagine that he is euch an oracle — " As who would say I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark." We are sincerely grieved, that " a man of honour and a gentle376 377 man, and a member of our profession,"... | |
 | William Johnson Fox - Ethics - 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 - Ethics - 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 - Ethics - 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... | |
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