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 my... Elements of Criticism.. - Page 206by Lord Henry Home Kames - 1772Full view - About this book
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...With purpose to be dressed 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!" 67. Sometimes the publication of proceedings was delayed because of sheer inefficiency. Philadelphia... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1989 - 1286 pages
...entertain, With purpose to be drest in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should say, on the Continent. ACT I. SCENE I. Venice. A street. Enter A 0 my Antonio, I do know of these, That therefore only are reputed wise For saying nothing; when, I... | |
| William Shakespeare - 2003 - 156 pages
...'»(• With purpose to be dressed 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!' 0 my Antonio, I do know of these 95 That therefore only are reputed wise For saying nothing; when I... | |
| Jacob Harris Patton - 2003 - 720 pages
...latest edition of the " London Catalogue " gave 42, 340 works for the twenty-five years 1831 to 1855. I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips let no dog bark. The Pollocks, especially the first Chief Baron, Sir Frederick Pollock, who died in 1870, and his son,... | |
| William Barclay - 1960 - 436 pages
...words accepted. Quite unconsciously, they tend to say, as Shakespeare had it in The Merchant of Venice: I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips let no dog bark! It is very difficult to be a teacher or a preacher and to remain humble, but it is absolutely necessary.... | |
| William Shakespeare - 2003 - 242 pages
...entertain With purpose to be dressed 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.' 0 my Antonio, I do know of these That therefore only are reputed wise For saying nothing, when I am... | |
| J. Philip Newell - 2003 - 148 pages
...the person who is too full of his own opinion and likes to hear himself speak, the fool mimicks, 1 am Sir Oracle, and when I ope my lips, let no dog bark!' (Merchant I 1 93-4). And to the religious who are overly zealous about conversion, the fool says to... | |
| Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 2004 - 592 pages
...v. (1545). Oracle (Sir), name used in Merchant of Venice to express conceited, pugnacious man. ... I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark ! " Orange (Prince of), a title given to the heir-apparent of the king of Holland. " Orange " is a... | |
| Harold Strachan - 2004 - 272 pages
...contradictions in the class struggle. Like causes have like consequences, I want you to understand, and to I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips let no dog bark, and no, no more tea thanks, I mean please! We've just had a cup, man, and how do you cdes drink so... | |
| D. H. Lawrence - 2005 - 766 pages
...blesseth him that gives and him that takes'. 77:27 let no dog bark. The Merchant of Venice, I. i. 93-4: 'I am Sir Oracle, / And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark'. 77:30 all been mutilated. DHL noted in December 1915 some of the excisions in the American edition... | |
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