 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 472 Seiten
...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 - 1849 - 472 Seiten
...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 - 1851 - 476 Seiten
...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 - 1854 - 472 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | 1856 - 428 Seiten
...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 man of quick parts, — by the other, many я vacant dunderpate, like the owl, the stupidest of birds, comes to be complimented, by a discerning... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1859 - 478 Seiten
...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 Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 812 Seiten
...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 Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 Seiten
...think ; and the other by holding th<-ir 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 Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 796 Seiten
...think ; and the other by holding their tongucs 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 Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 798 Seiten
...think ; and the other by holding their tongues and not thinking at all. By the first, many a smattorer 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. 
