 | George Rice Carpenter - 1916 - 798 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,... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1916 - 760 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,... | |
 | Robert O'Loughran - 1919 - 242 pagina’s
...tongues and not thinking at all. By the first, many a vaporing, superficial pretender acquires the repute of a man of quick parts. By the other, many a vacant...discerning world with all the attributes of wisdom. Students of history, with all the taste and dispositions of enlightened literati, will see that the... | |
 | Ernest Clark Hartwell - 1921 - 408 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 1s to be considered the very type of wisdom.... | |
 | Rose Buhlig - 1922 - 496 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...attributes of wisdom. This, by the way, is a mere casua' remark, which I would not for the universe have it thought I apply to Governor Van Twiller.... | |
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - 1922 - 530 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,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1983 - 1198 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...man of quick parts — by the other many a vacant dunderpatc, like the owl, the stupidest of birds, comes to be complimented, by a discerning world,... | |
 | 2007 - 220 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...discerning world, with all the attributes of wisdom." —Washington Irving ( 1783-1859) Do you agree with this writer's understanding of how people get to... | |
 | Popular educator - 1860 - 428 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...dunderpate, like the owl, the stupidest of birds, cornos to be complimented, by a discerning world, with all the attributes of wisdom. This, by the way,... | |
 | 1821 - 774 pagina’s
...deal and thinking a little ; a«d the other by holding their tongues, and not thinking at all. By the first, many a vapouring superficial pretender acquires...man of quick parts — by the other, many a vacant duuderpate, like the owl, the stupidest of birds, comes to be complimented by a discerning world with... | |
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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. 
