 | Charles Stokes Carey - 1872 - 314 pages
...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 Folly at full length.— Cluisterfteld . ON ME NASH'S STATUE Nat being placed in the Centre of the Pum1i-room, the Cloch stands.... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1872 - 660 pages
...between the busts of Newton and Pope : "This picture, placed these busts 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, beruffled, snuff-boxed, red-heeled,... | |
 | John Earle - English language - 1873 - 736 pages
...the busts of Newton and Pope : — 'This picture placed these busts between, Gives satire its full strength; Wisdom and wit are little seen, But folly at full length.' This is a play on two functions of the word little, which must here be thought of as adjective and... | |
 | Frederick A. Laing - English language - 1873 - 262 pages
...between the busts of Newton and Pope: — This picture, placed these busts 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, beruffled, snuffboxed, red-heeled,... | |
 | James Tunstall - Bath (England) - 1876 - 600 pages
...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 - Epigrams, English - 1877 - 130 pages
...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. The Brewer's Coachman. HONEST William, an easy and good-natured fellow, Would a little too oft get... | |
 | John Guard - 1879 - 476 pages
...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1881 - 780 pages
...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 - England - 1882 - 874 pages
...between the busts of Newton and Pope : " This picture, placed these busts 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, berufflcd, snuff-boxed, red-heeled,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1883 - 668 pages
...between the busts of Newton and Pope : " This picture, placed these busts between, Gives satire all its strength : Wisdom 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. 
