 | Henry Allon - 1862 - 510 страница
...like Wouter van Twijfler, one of the Dutch settlers of New Amsterdam, described by Washington Irving. 'He ' was a man shut up within himself like an oyster, and of such ' a profoundly reflective turn that he scarcely ever spoke except 'in monosyllables.' The difference... | |
 | 1821 - 774 страница
...which, in English, means doubter ; a name admirably descriptive of his deliberative habits. For, though he was a man shut up within himself like an oyster, and of such a profoundly reflective turn, that he scarcely ever spoke, except in monosyllables, yet did... | |
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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. 
