...hard if all is false that I advance, A fool must now and then be right by chance. Caicher, Conv.95. 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. His wit...

...enough the grave and useful tools Might serve to read him lecture*. Oldham, Praise of Homer, stanza 4. The solemn fop, significant and budge, A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge. Coicper, Conversation, p. 123 (ed. Routledge). O foolishness of men ! that lend their ears To those...

...solemn brows on meT Shalt. 4. Affectedly grave, serious, or important ; as, to put on a tolemn face. The solemn fop, significant and budge ; A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge. Ctnoffr. 6. Accompanied with all due forms or ceremonies; made in form; formal: regular: now chiefly...

...false that I advance, A fool must now and then be right by chauce. 1747 Cowper: Conversation. Line 95. 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. His wit...

...Line 201. I cannot talk with civet in the room, A fine puss-gentleman that 's all perfume. Line 283. The solemn fop ; significant and budge ; A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge.1 Line 299. His wit invites you by his looks to come, But when you knock it never is at home.4...

...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...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...

..." a pleasant compound of putty and lead." How many long-winded dissertations there are " Which say but little, and that little said Owes all its weight, like loaded dice, to lead." But alas, it is not so easy for an editor or «n author, as it is for a compositor, to remove the lead....

...the French Academy. Гор. Originally a fool pur sang: " Foppe, iq folet" (Prompt. Parv., p. 170). The solemn fop, significant and budge ; A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge. COWPRK : Conversation, \. 299. Thus, foppery is synonymous with folly in Let not the sound of shallow...

...the French Academy. n, Pop. Originally a fool fur iang: " Foppc, iq folet" (Prompt. Parv., The lolemn ula Thus, foppery is synonymous with folly in COWPBR : Convcrtation, I. 299. Let not the sound of shallow...

...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...significant and budge ; A fool with judges, amongst fools ¡t judge; He says but little, and that little said Owes all its weight, like loaded dice, to lead....