 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 478 pagina’s
...e'er penn'da joke More cruel on mankind. " The picture plac'd the busts between Gives satire its full strength ; Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly at full length." ' 1 I find this epigram for the first time in print in the Gentleman'! Magazine of February 1741 (p.... | |
 | Dr. Doran (John) - 1855 - 428 pagina’s
...well known, but it is worth repeating: — " This statue placed the busts between, Adds to the satire strength ; Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly at full length." This is neat, and also original. The idea was applied by the Paris wits in an epigram on the group... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 540 pagina’s
...an ass, Now blunt, aml now polite. "The picture plac'd the busts between, Adds to the thought much strength ; Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly at full length." Campbell'! BHtith Poit!, TO', T, p. 260. ] The example of the corporation was. followed by all his... | |
 | James Parton - 1857 - 706 pagina’s
...e'er penn'da joke More cruel on mankind. " The picture placed the busts between, Gives satire all its strength ; Wisdom and Wit are little seen — But Folly at full length." ON SCOTLAND. CLEVELAND. " HAD Cain been Scot, God would have changed his doom; Nor forced him wander,... | |
 | 1858 - 1930 pagina’s
...by his friend Lord Chesterfield : — " The Statue, placed these busts between, Gives Satire all its strength ; Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly at full length." The Earl of Chesterfield was a constant habitue, at Baih, THE BOOKS OF THE FOUR KINGS. where he indulged... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1859 - 476 pagina’s
...and Newton, in the pumproom at Bath. " This picture placed the busts between, Gives satire all its strength ; Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly at full length." Perhaps his best bon-mot was on hearing of the marriage of a man of low family with the daughter of... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1858 - 494 pagina’s
...and Newton, in the pumproom at Bath. " This picture placed the busts between, Gives satire all its strength; Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly at full length." Perhaps his best bon-mot was on hearing of the marriage of a man of low family with the daughter of... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1860 - 266 pagina’s
...between the busts of Newton and Pope : " This picture, placed these busts between, Gives satire all its strength ; Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly at full length." I should like to have seen the Folly. It was a splendid, embroidered, beruffled, snuff-boxed, red-heeled,... | |
 | Katherine Thomson - 1860 - 376 pagina’s
...Chesterfield some well-known lines : — ' This statue placed the busts between Adds to the satire strength ; Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly at full length.' • Meanwhile his private character was none of the best. He had in early life had one attachment,... | |
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This picture, placed these busts between, Gives satire all its strength : Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly at full length. 
