 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...  Poems - Strona 196autor: William Cowper - 1800Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - Liczba stron: 860
...said, Owes all its weight, like loaded dice, to lead. His wit invites you by his looks to come, Hut e same couch benea" away Went Gilpin's hat and wig : li sent you by the stage, Some handsome present, as your hopes presage ; 'Tis heavy, bulky, and bids fair... | |
 | Language - 1877 - Liczba stron: 316
...Industry. Toil's the citizen's vocation, Honour, toil's reward should be. — Schiller. Bee Ophrys Error. His wit invites you, by his looks to come, But when you knock it never is at home. — Ctnvper. Belladonna Silence. Silence, in love, betrays more woe, Than words, though ne'er so witty.... | |
 | 1877 - Liczba stron: 362
...point to your WIT, for fear it should get blunted. — CERVANTES, The Liltle Gipsy (La Gitanitta). — His WIT invites you by his looks to come, But when you knock, it never is at home. COWPER, Cmvereatvm, 1. 303. — I am a fool, I know it ; and yet, God help me, I'm poor enough to be... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - Liczba stron: 788
...feast, Nor florid talk, which can that title gain : The proofs of wit forever must remain. COWLEY. His wit invites you by his looks to come, But, when you knock, it never is at home. COWPER : Conversation. A Christian's wit is inoffensive light, A beam that aids but never grieves the... | |
 | Where, Who - 1878 - Liczba stron: 186
...MILTON, Paradise Lost, bk. iv. Himself a host. POPE'S Translation of the Hind, bk. iii. and bk. ix. His wit invites you by his looks to come, But, when you knock, it never is at home. COWPER, Conversation. Hoist with his own petar. SHAKSPEAJIE, Hamlet, act iii. sc. 4. Homer himself... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - Liczba stron: 642
...significant and budge ; A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge ; He says but little, and that little said Owes all its weight, like loaded dice, to lead. His...you knock it never is at home : 'Tis like a parcel sent you by the stage, Some handsome present; as your hopes presage ; 'Tis heavy, bulky, and bids fair... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1880 - Liczba stron: 362
...significant and budge ; A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge ; He says but little, and that little said Owes all its weight, like loaded dice, to lead. His...you knock it never is at home.* 'Tis like a parcel sent you by the stage, Some handsome present, as your hopes presage, . . . 'Tis heavy, bulky, and bids... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - Liczba stron: 636
...significant and budge ; A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge ; He says but little, and that little said Owes all its weight, like loaded dice, to lead. His...you knock it never is at home : 'Tis like a parcel sent you by the stage, Some handsome present, as your hopes presage ; 'Tis heavy, bulky, and bids fair... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1881 - Liczba stron: 626
...significant and budge ; A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge; He says but little, and that little said Owes all its weight, like loaded dice, to lead. His...you knock it never is at home : Tis like a parcel sent you by the stage, Some handsome present, as your hopes presage ; 'Tis heavy, bulky, and bids fair... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1881 - Liczba stron: 738
...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...to come, But when you knock "it never is at home. Cowper, Convers. FOOLHAEDINESS. When valour preys on reason, It eats the sword it fights with. Sh.... | |
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