 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...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,...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 virtues,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1805 - 264 pages
...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,...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 virtues,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...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 pleas'd with their owu. Say, where has our poet this malady caught ? Or, wherefore his characters thus without fault ?... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1808 - 424 pages
...malady caught ? Or wherefore his 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 elf, He grew lazy at last, and drew from himself ?" DRAMATIS PERSONS.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 102 pages
...page 63. His 'fools have their follies fo loft in a crowd Of virtues and feelings, that folly grows proud ; And coxcombs, alike in their failings alone,...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 virtues,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 pages
...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,...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 virtues,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 648 pages
...a rout, His fools have their follies so lost in a crowed Of virtues and feelings, that folly grows proud; And coxcombs, alike in their failings, alone,...has our poet this malady caught ? Or wherefore his characters thus without fault? Say, was it that vainly directing l.is view To find out men's virtues,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 436 pages
...ront. His fools have their follies so lost in a crowd Of virtnes and feelings, that Folly grows prond ; And coxcombs, alike in their failings alone, Adopting...portraits, are pleas'd with their own. Say, where has onr poet this malady canght ? Or wherefore his characters thns withont fanlt ? Say, was it that, vainly... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 656 pages
...a rout, His fools have their follies so lost in a crow'd Of virtues and feelings, that folly grows proud; And coxcombs, alike in their failings, alone, Adopting his portraits, are pleasM with their Say, where has our poet this malady caught ? Or wherefore hi* characters thus without... | |
 | William Mudford - Dramatists, English - 1812 - 662 pages
...giving a rout. His Tools have their follies so lost in a crowd Of virtues and feelings, that folly grows proud, And coxcombs alike in their failings alone,...has our poet this malady caught? Or, wherefore his characters thus without fault ? Say, was it that vainly directing his view To fmd out men's virtues,... | |
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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... 
