 | William Cowper - 1826 - 262 σελίδες
...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 brain...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... | |
 | John Lingard - 1826 - 518 σελίδες
...established in the christian church as early as the first century. But this is all folly — the fancy of A shallow brain behind a serious mask, An oracle within an empty cask. The worship of the Virgin Mary never was admitted by Catholics, either in the first or the nineteenth century.... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 412 σελίδες
...bare alane my lade o'care, For silent, low, on beds o'dust, Lie a' that would my sorrows share. Burns. The solemn fop : significant and budge ; A fool with...said Owes all its weight, like loaded dice, to lead. Cowper. '¿ LOA LOAD, or ~\ More properly written LODE, ns / lode ; Sax. lirtan, to lead ; LOADS'MAN,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 824 σελίδες
...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 brain...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 - 256 σελίδες
...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...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 - 602 σελίδες
...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...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 - 808 σελίδες
...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 brain...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 - 704 σελίδες
...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 - 290 σελίδες
...*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 - 260 σελίδες
...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 brain...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... | |
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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 you... 
