| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1813 - 568 pages
...delicate and to provoke a severe critic. When Mr. Grant comes before us, he comes " As who should say, I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my mouth let no dog bark." If we were to judge by the present production, we should think that he had paid much more attention... | |
| 1820 - 1412 pages
...correspondent change ; he still goes on with a swaggering independence to speak for himself alone. " I am Sir Oracle; and when I ope' my mouth, let no dog bark." " Above all," he says in his Preface, T '• I beg it to be understood, that this performance is theoretically... | |
| Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1824 - 476 pages
...into the curviture of his lip, and calling his self-sufficiency into his eye, " As who should say, I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my mouth let no dog bark." Then directing my eyes in a side direction to a chair, which stood back from the promenade, he thus... | |
| Thomas Henry Lister - 1826 - 252 pages
...that he was entertaining. He gave his opinions gravely, and authoritatively. " As who should say, ' I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my mouth, let no dog bark.'" Periphrasis (next to Catachresis) was his favourite figure of speech; but he did not indulge in fanciful... | |
| Richard Carlile - 1826 - 878 pages
...entertain Of purpose to be wrought in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, and sage conceit, As who should say, I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my mouth, let no dog bark." A laugh, an honest laugh at it, would break the spell at once, and force the Reverend Performers to... | |
| Edward Augustus Kendall - 1826 - 430 pages
...you differ from him, he will not "so much as allow an inquiry" into what your opinions are ! 670 " 1 am Sir Oracle, And, when I ope my mouth, let no dog bark !" " Excuse me, a moment," says the Roman Catholic ; — " it is not because you differ from me, worm... | |
| Thomas Horton - 1828 - 100 pages
...like a monkey / he grins, but never condescends to smile ; he seems to say, with Shakespeare, —" I am Sir Oracle ! and when I ope my mouth, let no dog bark." Ha! ha! ha! CHARLES. There never was thy like, NeH; and tnfly from my heart I pity poor Hart and 'Eacy,... | |
| Mary Jane Mackenzie - 1829 - 226 pages
...PRIVATE LIFE. feelings it puts into action. Every one is inclined to dispute, or resent the assumption. ' I am Sir Oracle, and when I ope my mouth let no dog bark.' The egotism of selfishness is still more wearisome, though. perhaps, less irritating ; but if it does... | |
| 1834 - 324 pages
...patiently endure the ostentatious declaration, which, by his conduct, he virtually makes to them : * I am Sir Oracle, and when I ope my mouth, Let no dog bark.' " This contains another appalling fact, but it concerns the Metropolitan Society. It seems from the... | |
| Sir Egerton Brydges - 1834 - 304 pages
...the field with too much of the temper and arbitrary wantonness of a vapulator ; and seems to say, " I am Sir Oracle, and when I ope my mouth, let no dog bark." The two Warton's would have shewn copiousness of moral, classical, curious and varied learning, more... | |
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