 | 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... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1834 - 334 pages
...pool, 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 enim neget ? felixque manebo; Hoc quoque quis dubitet P Tutuw me... | |
 | Miss Pardoe (Julia) - 1834 - 268 pages
...XVI. " I 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 - English fiction - 1834 - 328 pages
...standing 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,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English wit and humor - 1835 - 272 pages
...standing 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... | |
 | Joseph Allen Bryant - Literary Criticism - 1986 - 300 pages
...— There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond, And do a willful stillness entertain, With purpose to be dress'd in...lips let no dog bark!" O my Antonio, I do know of these That therefore only are reputed wise For saying nothing; when I am very sure If they should speak,... | |
 | Greek letter societies - 1904 - 524 pages
...and good advice which proved his appreciation of the quotation preceding his name on the toast list, "I am Sir Oracle, and when I ope my lips let no dog bark." His response in full follows. Brother Wallace Radcliffe was the next speaker and delivered a most beautiful... | |
 | Jerry Blunt - Performing Arts - 1990 - 232 pages
...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 saying nothing; when, I am very sure, If they should... | |
 | Bee culture - 1883 - 594 pages
...hero what perhaps I ought to have said long ago: That in these talks I do not set myself up as some 'Sir Oracle, and when I ope my lips, let no dog bark.' I simply give you my experiences and conclusions: do with them as you see fit— that's all. "In the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...entertain. With purpose to be drest in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should u take my life, When you do take the means whereby I live. PORTI 0 my Antonio, I do know of these. That therefore only are reputed wise For saying nothing; when, I... | |
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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... 
