 | James Tunstall - 1876 - 600 דפים
...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." It is certain the lines were suggested by the position occupied by the portrait of Nash between the... | |
 | Epigrams - 1877 - 130 דפים
...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...wit are little seen, But folly at full length. The Brewer's Coachman. HONEST William, an easy and good-natured fellow, Would a little too oft get a little... | |
 | 1877 - 802 דפים
...of Beau Nash between the busts of Pope and Newton is particularly neat : — This picture placed the busts between, Gives satire all its strength ; Wisdom...and Wit are little seen, But Folly at full length. Sir Thomas Robinson, who was very tall, challenged him to an impromptu, upon which he wrote : — Unlike... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1883 - 862 דפים
...and Pope ; this gave rise to a stinging epigram by Lord Chesterfield, concluding with these lines : 1 The statue placed these busts between Gives satire all its strength ; Wisdom and Wu are little seen, But Folly at full length.' Except a few months annually passed in superintending... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1879 - 222 דפים
...where Beau Nash presided, and his picture hung between the busts of Newton and Pope : "This picture, placed these busts between, Gives sat.ire all its strength ; Wisdom and Wit are little seen, Bat Folly at full length." I should like to have seen the Folly. It was a .splendid, embroidered, beruffled,... | |
 | John Guard - 1879 - 476 דפים
...between the busts of Newton and Pope: — This picture placed those busts between, Gives Satire its full strength, Wisdom and Wit are little seen But Folly at full length. Are the spirits of the dead conscious ofus? It is a beautiful belief That ever round our head Are hovering... | |
 | Frederick A. Laing - 1881 - 264 דפים
...presided, and bis picture hung between the busts of Newton and Pope: — This picture, placed these bnsta 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, bernffled, snnffboxed, red-heeled,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1881 - 780 דפים
...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." There is also a full-length picture of Mr. Nash in Simpson's Ball-room, and his statue at full-length... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1882 - 874 דפים
...where Beau Nash presided, and his picture hung between the busts of Newton and Pope : " This picture, placed these busts between, Gives satire all its strength...and Wit are little seen, But folly at full length." I should like to have seen the Folly. It was a splendid, embroidered, berufflcd, snuff-boxed, red-heeled,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1883 - 668 דפים
...where Beau Nash presided, and his picture hung between the busts of Newton and Pope : " This picture, placed these busts between, Gives satire all its strength...and Wit are little seen, But Folly at full length." 4 -I should like to have seen the Folly. It was a splendid, embroidered, beruffled, snuff-boxed, red-heeled,... | |
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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. 
