He says but little, and that little said Owes all its weight, like loaded dice, to lead. His wit invites you by his looks to come, But when you knock it never is at home: 'Tis like a parcel sent... Poems - الصفحة 159بواسطة William Cowper - 1803 - عدد الصفحات: 363عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - عدد الصفحات: 824
...Pharian coast, Proteus a name tremendous o'er the main. Id. A graver coxcomb we may sometimes see, Quite as absurd, though not so light as he : A shallow...behind a serious mask, An oracle within an empty cask. Confer. ORACLE, in sacred history, is sometimes used for the mercy-seat, or the cover of the ark of... | |
| Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - عدد الصفحات: 256
...cogence, we may say, Why such a one should keep himself away. A graver coxcomb we may sometimes see, Quite as absurd, though not so light as he: A. shallow...empty cask, The solemn fop ; significant and budge ; A tool with judges, amongst fools a judge; He says but little, and that little said Owes all it's weight,... | |
| William Cowper - 1832 - عدد الصفحات: 602
...cogence, we may say, Why such a one should keep himself away. A graver coxcomb we may sometimes see, Quite as absurd, though not so light as he; A shallow...significant and budge; A fool with judges, amongst fool* a judge; CONVERSATION. 43 : He says but littlo, and that little said Owes all iu weight. like... | |
| 1836 - عدد الصفحات: 808
...neighbour's phiz. Touched with the magnet, had attracted his. A graver coxcomb we may sometimes see, Quite as absurd, though not so light as he : A shallow...serious mask — An oracle within an empty cask." — COWPKR. The races were just over for the day : the decorated purse lowered from its station in... | |
| 1837 - عدد الصفحات: 704
...be to the meanest. Does our author remember in which of Cowper's Poems the following couplet occurs: 'A shallow brain behind a serious mask ; An oracle within an empty cask ?' The following passage occurs in page 256: ' To whatever 'depth we may push our metaphysical abstractions,... | |
| Caroline Howard Gilman - 1838 - عدد الصفحات: 290
...*his world roll off, and leave us alone with God ! CHAPTER IV. MR. JOSEPH BATES, THE YANKEE LAD. " A shallow brain behind a serious mask, An oracle within an empty cask, He says but little, and, that little said, Owes all its weight, like loaded dice, to lead." Cowper't... | |
| William Cowper - 1841 - عدد الصفحات: 260
...cogence, we may say, Why such a one should keep himself away. A graver coxcomb we may sometimes see, 295 Quite as absurd, though not so light as he : A shallow...budge ; A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge ; 300 He says but little, and that little said Owes all its weight, like loaded dice, to lead. His... | |
| William Cowper - 1841 - عدد الصفحات: 456
...cogence, we may say, Why such a one should keep himself away. A graver coxcomb we may sometimes see, Quite as absurd, though not so light as he : A shallow brain bebind a serious mask, An oracle within an empty cask, The solemn fop ; significant and budge ; A fool... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - عدد الصفحات: 746
...a sudden bow, Adieu, dear sir, lest you should lose it now. A graver coxcomb we may sometimes see, 44 rome, But when you knock, it never is at home : Tis like a parcel sent you by the stage, Some handsome... | |
| William Cowper - 1847 - عدد الصفحات: 556
...cogence, we may say. Why such a one should keep himself away. A graver coxcomb we may sometimes see, Quite as absurd, though not so light as he ; A shallow brain bebind a serious mask. An oracle within an empty cask, The solemn fop; significant and budge; .'. fool... | |
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