 | Washington Irving - 1858 - 336 pagine
...like tragedy giving a rout. His fools have their follies so lost in a crowd Of virtues and feelings, that folly grows proud ; And coxcombs, alike in their failings alone, Adopting his portraits, are pleased with their own. Say, where has our poet this malady caught i Or wherefore his characters thus... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 pagine
...like Tragedy giving a rout. His fools have their follies so lost in a crowd Of virtues and feelings, that folly grows proud ; And coxcombs, alike in their...characters thus without fault ? Say, was it that vainly directing his view To find out men's virtues, and finding them few, Quite sick of pursuing each troublesome... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1859 - 200 pagine
...like tragedy giving a rout. His fools have their follies so lost in a crowd Of virtues- and feelings, that folly grows proud; And coxcombs, alike in their...characters thus without fault? Say, was it that vainly directing his view To find out men's virtues, and finding them few, Quite sick of pursuing each troublesome... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1859 - 618 pagine
...like Tragedy giving a rout. His fools have their follies so lost in a crowd Of virtues and fcelings, that Folly grows proud ; And coxcombs, alike in their failings alone, Adopting his portraits, are pleased with their own. Say, where has our poct this malady caught, Or, wherefore his charaeters thus... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, Oliver Goldsmith - 1860 - 422 pagine
...like tragedy giving a rout. His fools have their follies so lost in a crowd Of virtues and feelings that folly grows proud ; And coxcombs, alike in their failings alone, Adopting his portraits, are pleased with their own. Say, where has our poet this malady caught ? Or wherefore his characters thus... | |
 | 1886 - 552 pagine
...like Tragedy giving a rout. His fools have their follies so lost in a crowd Of virtues and feelings that Folly grows proud, And coxcombs, alike in their failings alone, Adopting his portraits, are pleased with their own. Say, where has our poet this malady caught, Or wherefore his characters thus... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1887 - 254 pagine
...tragedy giving a rout. His fools have their follies so lost in a crowd 7o Of virtues and feelings, that folly grows proud ; And coxcombs, alike in their...caught? Or, wherefore his characters thus without fault? 75 Say, was it that vainly directing his view To find out men's virtues, and finding them few, Quite... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1889 - 406 pagine
...like tragedy giving a rout. His fools have their follies so lost in a crowd Of virtues and feelings, that folly grows proud; And coxcombs, alike in their failings alone, Adopting his portraits, are pleased with their own. Say, where has our poet this malady caught? Or wherefore his characters thus... | |
 | Fanny Burney - 1891 - 490 pagine
...like Tragedy giving a rout. His fools have their follies so lost in a crowd Of virtues and feelings, that Folly grows proud ; And coxcombs, alike in their failings alone. Adopting his portraits, are plcas'd with their own. Say, where has our poet this malady caught? Or wherefore his characters thus... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson, Coulson Kernahan - 1891 - 452 pagine
...like tragedy giving a rout. His fools have their follies so lost in a crowd Of virtues and feelings, that folly grows proud; And coxcombs, alike in their failings alone, Adopting his portraits, are pleased with their own. Say, where has our poet this malady caught ? Or wherefore his characters thus... | |
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And coxcombs, alike in their failings alone, Adopting his portraits, are pleas'd with their own. Say, where has our poet this malady caught ? Or wherefore his characters thus without fault ? Say, was it that vainly directing his view To find out men's... 
