...others, except it be by the absurdity and disgust of their example. He who says by implication, 'I am Sir Oracle, and when I ope my lips, let no dog bark,' can only meet with the sarcasm, suppressed by the civil and the servile, uttered by the proud or the...

...MUST be permitted to remark," observed the Countess of Blacksley, in that tone " As who shall say, ' I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips let no dog bark' " — " I must be permitted to remark that the sacrifices which my niece Lady Clara Nichols has made should entitle...

...pool, And do a wilful stillness entertain Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit, As who should say, ' I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips let no dog bark.'" MERCHANT OF VENICE. " Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer,...

...pool, And do a wilful stillness entertain Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit, As who should say, " I am Sir Oracle. And when I ope my lips let no dog hark." MERCHANT OF VENICE. Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, Toung Lycidas, and haih not left his...

...With purpose to be dressed'in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit, As who should say, 1 am Sir Oracle. And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark ! I'll tell thee more of this another time; But fish not with this melancholy bait For this fool's...

...With purpose to be dressed in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit ; As who should say, / am sir Oracle, And, when I ope my lips, let no dog bark ! O, my Antonio, I do know of these, That therefore only are reputed wise, For saying nothing ; who,...

...With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should say, lam sir Oracle, And, when I ope my lips, let no dog bark ! O my Antonio, I do know of these, That therefore only are reputed wise, For saying nothing ; who,...

...With purpose to be dress' d in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit ; As who should say, / am Sir Oracle, And, when I ope my lips, let no dog bark! I do know of these, That therefore only are reputed wise, For saying nothing; who, I am very sure, If...

...On purpose to be dressed in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profeund conceit ; As who should say, I AM SIR ORACLE ; And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark." With such pompous blockheads it is difficult to argue on this, or indeed, any other moral subject....

...With purpose to be dressed in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit ; As who should say, / am Sir Oracle, And, when I ope my lips, let no dog bark ! O, my Antonio, I do know of these, That therefore only are reputed wise For saying nothing. SONNETS....