 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1902 - 310 pagina’s
...between the busts of Newton and Pope, — *' This picture, placed the busts between, Gives satire all its strength ; Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly at full length." You may possibly ask me whether a man has it always in his power to get the best company, and how ?... | |
 | Samuel McChord Crothers - 1912 - 356 pagina’s
...This led Lord Chesterfield to write : — " This statue placed the Lusts between Adds to the satire strength, Wisdom and wit are little seen, But folly at full length." Lord Chesterfield himself had nothing in common with the absurd imitation gentlemen, and yet the gentleman... | |
 | Samuel McChord Crothers - 1903 - 350 pagina’s
...This led Lord Chesterfield to write : — " This statue placed the busts between Adds to the satire strength, Wisdom and wit are little seen, But folly at full length." Lord Chesterfield himself had nothing in common with the absurd imitation gentlemen, and yet the gentleman... | |
 | A. Barbeau - 1904 - 426 pagina’s
...des auteurs dédièrent humblement leurs The picture plae'd the busts between Gives satyr i Us full strength, Wisdom and wit are little seen, But folly at full length Tel est le texte donné par Goldsmith dans sa seconde édition (dans la premiére ne ligurс que le... | |
 | Alfred Barbeau - 1904 - 452 pagina’s
...himself e'er penn'da joke Severer on mankind. The picture plac'd the busts between, Gives satyr its full strength, Wisdom and wit are little seen But folly at full length. Such is the text given by Goldsmith in his second edition (in the first only the second quatrain is... | |
 | 1905 - 1262 pagina’s
...occasioning Chesterfield's epigram : — ' ' The picture placed the busts between Gives satire its full strength ; Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly at full length." A life - sized statue was erected in the Pump - Room. He held levees, and when he visited his colony... | |
 | 1905 - 858 pagina’s
...Newton, occasioning Chesterfield's epigram:— The picture placed the busts between Gives satire its full strength; Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly at full length. A life-sized statue was erected In the Pump-Room. He held levees, and when he visited his colony of... | |
 | Lewis Saul Benjamin - 1907 - 314 pagina’s
...himself e'er penn'da joke Severer on mankind. The picture plac'd the busts between Gives satire all its strength ; Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly at full length, f These were unsigned in the periodical ; but three years later Cave, the proprietor of the Gentleman... | |
 | Clare Armstrong Bridgman Jerrold - 1910 - 406 pagina’s
...picture hung between the busts of Newton and Pope. " ' This picture placed the busts between Gives satire all his strength ; Wisdom and wit are little seen, But Folly at full length.' " I should have liked to have seen the Folly. It was a splendid, be-ruffled, snuff-boxed, red-heeled,... | |
 | William Winter - 1911 - 446 pagina’s
...which was suggested by that singular group: This statue placed these busts between Gives satire all its strength; Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly at full length! Folly, though, is a word that conveys a different meaning to different minds. Douglas Jerrold made... | |
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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. 
