 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 - Seite 196von William Cowper - 1800Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 860 Seiten
...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 - 316 Seiten
...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 - 362 Seiten
...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 - 788 Seiten
...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 - 186 Seiten
...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 - 642 Seiten
...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 - 362 Seiten
...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 - 636 Seiten
...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 - 626 Seiten
...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 - 738 Seiten
...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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