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Elements of Criticism - Page 407
by Lord Henry Home Kames - 1833 - 504 pages
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Elements of Elocution in which the Principles of Reading and Speaking are ...

John Walker - 1810 - 402 pages
...Let me play the fool 320 ELEMENTS OF And do a wilful stillness entertain, With purpose to be drest in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit,...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 gudgeon,...
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1810 - 418 pages
...Antonio,— I love thee, and it is my love that speaks ;— 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 drest in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit ; As who should say, I am sir Ord:le, And,...
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Elements of Elocution: In which the Principles of Reading and Speaking are ...

John Walker - 1810 - 394 pages
...what, Anthonio, (I love thee, and it is my love that speaks;) 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 drest in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit, As who should say, I am, sir, Oracle, And...
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Merchant of Venice. As you like it. All's well that ends well. Taming of the ...

William Shakespeare - 1811 - 580 pages
...Antonio,— 1 love thee, and it is my love that speaks;— There are a sort of men;, whose visages JDo cream and mantle, like a standing pond ; And do a...With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gratity, profound conceit; As who should say, / am Sir Oracle, •And> when I ope my lips, let no dog...
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Traits of Nature, Volume 5

Sarah Harriet Burney - 1812 - 270 pages
...VOLUMES. VOL. V. There are a »ort of men, irhose TliagM Do cream and mantle like a (landing pond| With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit -, I d« know of these, That therefore only are reputed wise, Fer taking nothing. Merchmt tif Pcnier,...
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Traits of Nature, Volume 5

Sarah Harriet Burney - 1812 - 270 pages
...FIVE VOLUMES. VOL. V. There are a ton of men, whose ri'agM Do cream and mantle like a Handing pond) With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit { I do know of these. That therefore only are reputed wise, l""ur saying nothing. Mmhmt <tf fetaa....
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged

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...
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The works of George Crabbe, Volume 2

George Crabbe - 1816 - 340 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 or Venice. Sum felix; quit enim neget ? feliique maoebo; Hoc quoque quis dubitet ? Tutum me...
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Elegant extracts in poetry, Volume 2

Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...thec what, Antonio, 1 love thee, and it is my love that tpeaka: There are a sort men, whose visages Do cream and 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 «ay, " I am Sir Oracle, And...
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The borough: a poem, in twenty-four letters

George Crabbe - 1816 - 338 pages
...And do a wilful stillness entertain: With purpose to be dreit in an opinion, As who should sa>,' 1 am Sir Oracle, * And when I ope my lips let no dog bark. 1 Merchant of Venice. Sum felii; qaia enim neget ? feltzque maneho; Hoc quoque quis dubitet: Tutum...
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