 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 - Էջ 159William Cowper - 1803 - 363 էջԱմբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 էջ
...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 էջ
...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 էջ
...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 էջ
...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 էջ
...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 էջ
...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 էջ
...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 էջ
...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 էջ
...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 էջ
...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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