 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - عدد الصفحات: 530
...deal and thinking a little, and the other by holding their tongues and not thinking at all. By the first, many a vapouring, superficial pretender acquires...a man of quick parts ; by the other many a vacant dimderpate, like Ihe owl, the stupidest of birds, comes to be complimented by a discerning world with... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1870 - عدد الصفحات: 432
...thinking a little, and the other by holding their tongues and not thinking at all. By the first, he says, many a vapouring, superficial pretender acquires the...discerning world, with all the attributes of wisdom. Silent, quiet people, as Miss Jewsbury incidentally remarks, have a charmed mystery about them which... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1870 - عدد الصفحات: 550
...little, and the other by holding their tongues and not thinking at all. By the first, he says, many-a vapouring, superficial pretender acquires the reputation...discerning world, with all the attributes of wisdom. Silent, quiet people, as Miss Jewsbury incidentally remarks, have a charmed mystery about them which... | |
 | Charles Adams - 1870 - عدد الصفحات: 322
...think ; and the other, by holding their tongues and not thinking at all. By the first, many a smatterer acquires the reputation of a man of quick parts ; by the other, many a dunderpate, like the owl, the stupidest of birds, comes to be considered the very type of wisdom. This,... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1871 - عدد الصفحات: 416
...thinking a little, and the other by holding their tongues and not thinking at all. By the first, he says, many a vapouring, superficial pretender acquires the...discerning world, with all the attributes of wisdom. Silent, quiet people, as Miss Jewsbury incidentally remarks, have a charmed mystery about them which... | |
 | 1879 - عدد الصفحات: 308
...think, and the other by holding their tongues and not thinking at all. By the first, many a smatterer acquires the reputation of a man of quick parts ; by the other, many a dunderpate, like the owl, the stupidest of birds, comes to be considered the very type of wisdom. This,... | |
 | 1879 - عدد الصفحات: 308
...think, and the other by holding their tongues and not thinking at all. By the first, many a smatterer acquires the reputation of a man of quick parts ; by the other, many a dunderpate, like the owl, the stupidest of birds, comes to be considered the very type of wisdom. This,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1881 - عدد الصفحات: 516
...deal and thinking a little, and the other by holding their tongues and not thinking at all. By the first, many a vapouring, superficial pretender acquires...discerning world with all the attributes of wisdom. This, t>y the way, is a mere casual remark, which I (1) Washington Irving's success as a writer in various... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1881 - عدد الصفحات: 324
...think, and the other, by holding their tongues and not thinking at all. By the first, many a smatterer acquires the reputation of a man of quick parts ; by the other, many a dunderpate, like the owl, the stupidest of birds, comes to be considered the very type of wisdom. This,... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1881 - عدد الصفحات: 342
...think, and the other, by holding their tongues and not thinking at all. By the first, many a smatterer acquires the reputation of a man of quick parts ; by the other, many a dunderpate, like the owl, the stupidest of birds, comes to be considered the very type of wisdom. This,... | |
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This, by the way, is a casual remark, which I would not for the universe have it thought I apply to Governor Van Twiller. 
