 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 - Pagina 159di William Cowper - 1803 - 363 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pagine
...true choice spirit we admit; With wits a fool, with fools a wit.' Churchill's Duellist, Book iii. ' The solemn fop, significant and budge ; A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge.' Cowper's Poems, Conversation, \. 299. According to Rebecca Warner (Original Letters, p. 204), Johnson... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pagine
...true choice spirit we admit; With wits a fool, with fools a wit." Churchill's Duellist, Book iii. ' The solemn fop, significant and budge ; A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge.' Cowper's Poems, Conversation, \. 299. According to Rebecca Warner (Original Letters, p. 204), Johnson... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 316 pagine
...keep himself away. A graver coxcomb we may sometimes see, Quite as absurd, though not so light as ha: A shallow brain behind a serious mask, An oracle within...all its weight, like loaded dice, to lead. His wit inyites you by his looks to come, But when you knock it never is at home; Tis like a parcel sent you... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 422 pagine
...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...He says but little, and that little said Owes all it's weight, like loaded dice, to lead. His wit invites you by his looks to come, But when you knock... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 390 pagine
...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...He says but little, and that little said Owes all it's weight, like loaded dice, to lead. His wit invites you by his looks to come, But when you knock... | |
 | William Cowper - 1812 - 396 pagine
...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...He says but little, and that little said Owes all it's weight, like loaded dice, to lead. His wit invites you by his looks to come, But when you knock... | |
 | William Cowper - 1814 - 496 pagine
...we may sometimes see, Qnite as absnrd, thongh not so light as he : A shallow brain behind a serions mask* An oracle within an empty cask, The solemn fop ; significant and bndge ; A fool with jndges, amongst fools a jndge; He says bnt little, and that little said Owes all... | |
 | 1817 - 314 pagine
...cogence, we may say, Why such a one should keep himself away. A graver coxcomb we may sometimes see r Quite as absurd, though not so light as he: A shallow...little said Owes all its weight, like loaded dice, to le&d. His wit invites you by his looks to come, But when you knock it never is at home; Tis like a... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 230 pagine
...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...fool with judges, amongst fools a judge ; He says bnt little, and that little said Owes all its weight, like loaded dice, to lead. His wit invites you... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 252 pagine
...cask, The solemu fop ; siguificant and hndge , A fool with jndges, amongst fools a jndge ; He says hut little, and that little said Owes all its weight, like loaded dice, to lead. His wit invites yon hy his looks to come, But when you knock it never is at home : Tis like a parcel sent yon hy the... | |
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