 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 558 pagina’s
...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,... | |
 | John Swett, Charles H. Allen, Josiah Royce - 1883 - 366 pagina’s
...little, and the other, by holding their tongues and not thinking at all. By the first, many a vaporing, superficial pretender acquires the reputation of a...discerning world, with all the attributes of wisdom. 5. This, by the way, is a mere casual remark, which I would not, for the universe, have it thought... | |
 | William Swinton - 1883 - 492 pagina’s
...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. 3.... | |
 | William Swinton - 1883 - 504 pagina’s
...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. 3.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1884 - 472 pagina’s
...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...dunderpate, like the owl, the stupidest of birds, comes to bo complimented by a discerning world, with all the attributes of wisdom. This, by the way, is a mere... | |
 | 1886 - 332 pagina’s
...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,... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1886 - 310 pagina’s
...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 dunderpatc, like the owl, the stupidest of birds, comes to be considered the very type of wisdom. This,... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 pagina’s
...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,... | |
 | Theodore Whitefield Hunt - 1890 - 304 pagina’s
...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, comes to be considered the very type of wisdom. This, by-the-way, is a casual... | |
 | Albert H. Smyth - 1889 - 324 pagina’s
...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. 
