 | Katherine Thomson - 1860 - 376 pagine
...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,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1862 - 264 pagine
...scarce a character one can mention of the early last century, but was seen in that famous Pump-room where Beau Nash presided, and his picture hung between...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, redheeled,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1862 - 880 pagine
...this gave rise to a stinging epigram by Lord Chesterfield, concluding with these lines : ' The statue placed these busts between Gives satire all its strength ; Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Fotty at full length.' Except a few months annuallypassed in superintending the amusements at Tunbridge,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1909 - 882 pagine
...scarce a character one can mention of the early last century, but was seen in that famous Pump-room where Beau Nash presided, and his picture hung between...and Wit are little seen, But folly at full length. I should like to have seen the Folly. It was a splendid, embroidered, be-ruffled, snuff-boxed, red-heeled,... | |
 | 1864 - 352 pagine
...was put an end to. It could not stand the following verse from Lord Chesterfield : — " The statue placed these busts between Gives satire all its strength : Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly atjull length." The Queen's Bath (admission Is.), with a surface of twenty-five feet square, derives... | |
 | Samuel Curwen - 1864 - 720 pagine
...e'er penned a joke Severer on mankind : The picture placed the busts between, Adds to the satire's strength ; Wisdom and wit are little seen, But folly at full length." TO NATHAN GOODALE, ESQ., SALEM, NE BRISTOL, Jan. 10, 1780. DEAR SIR : I am obliged for the information... | |
 | John Earle - 1864 - 372 pagine
...e'er pen'da joke Severer on mankind. This picture placed these busts between, Gives satire its full strength ; Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly at full length. ''Nash used sometimes to visit the great Doctor Clarke. The Doctor was one day conversing with Locke,... | |
 | John Booth - 1865 - 400 pagine
...e'er penn'da joke More cruel on mankind. The picture, placed the busts between, Gives satire its full strength ; Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly at full length. Earl of Chesterfield. ' I find this Epigram for the first time in print in the Gentleman's Magazine... | |
 | Epigrams - 1865 - 398 pagine
...e'er penn'da joke More cruel on mankind. The picture, placed the busts between, Gives satire its full strength ; Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly at full length. Ear l of Chesterfield. ' I find this Epigram for the first time in print in the Gentleman's Magazine... | |
 | Isaac Jack Reeve - 1866 - 332 pagine
...here you'll find : Nor Pope himself e'er penned a 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. EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. ON ERASMUS. ERASMUS, standing 'fore hell's tribune, said, " For writing jest... | |
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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. 
