...the busts of Newton and Pope, produced from his lordship this epigram : — This picture plac'd the busts between, Gives satire all its strength ; Wisdom...and wit are little seen, But folly at full length. After he became irremediably deaf, he used to say, " In spite of my strong hereditary right to deafness,...

...Chesterfield, in an epigram, thus did justice to his memory and the taste of the corporation : " The Statue, placed these busts between, Gives Satire all its strength...and Wit are little seen, But Folly at full length." The Earl of Chesterfield was a frequent visitor at Bath, where he found many admirers of his wit, and...

...e'er penn'da joke More cruel on Mankind. This picture plac'd the busts between, Gives satyr all bis strength ; Wisdom and wit are little seen, But Folly at full length." Nash died in 1761, and his life, written by Oliver Goldsmith, was published in 1702. In this (p. 127)...

...upon the incongruousness of the juxta-position ; the last stanza of it is biting enough : " The statue placed these busts between Gives satire all its strength ; Wisdom and wit are little seen, Bat folly &tfull length." This keen shaft had the effect of separating the trio ; the poet and the...

...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...

...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....

...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...

...here you '11 find; Nor Pope himself 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 Polly at foil length." ON SCOTLAND. CLEVELAND. " HAD Cain been Scpt ? God would have changed his doom;...

...the incongruousness of the juxtaposition ; the last stanza of which is biting enough : " The statue placed these busts between Gives satire all its strength : Wisdom and wit are tittle seen, But folly at /мй length," This keen shaft had the effect of separating the trio ; the...

...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...