 | English literature - 1807 - 560 pages
...which concludes wilh these lines: — ' The stifhtp plac'ri tlio busts between, * Adds to (lie entire strength ; Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly at full length.' " Xnsh was, however, useful in bis particular department, asa preserver of order and decency ¡u those... | |
 | English poetry - 1807 - 218 pages
...here you'll find ; Nor Pope himself e'er penn'da joke More cruel on mankind. The picture plac'd the busts between Gives satire all its strength : Wisdom...and Wit are little seen, But Folly at full length. AN Irish footman, carrying a basket of game from his master to a friend, waited some time for the customary... | |
 | Columbia County (N.Y.) - 1804 - 450 pages
...here you'll find, Nor Pope hirmelf e'er penn'da joke More cruel on mankind : The picture plac'd the busts between, Gives satire all its strength— WISDOM and WIT are little seen, But FOLLY— at full Ic-'gtb. EFFECTS OF .SLAVERY. COMMUNICATION. LEKGTH PORTRAIT. A GENTLEMAN who h^ j.ifl been reading... | |
 | Panorama - Epigrams, English - 1809 - 368 pages
...here you'll find ; ^*or Pope himself e'er penn'da joke More cruel on mankind. The picture plac'd the busts between, Gives satire all its strength ; Wisdom and wit are little seen, But folly at fulllength. ON SEEING MISS VASSAL (NOW LADY HOLLAND) At a Masquerade, February 37, 1786. IMPERIAL nymph... | |
 | Elijah Barwell Impey - English poetry - 1811 - 324 pages
...gave rise to the following Epigram:— The Statue plac'd these Rusts between, Gives Satire all it's strength : Wisdom and Wit are little seen ; But Folly at full length. Ibid. (5) The Lower Assembly-Rooms which were hired by the Gentlemen of the Bath Club for the sumptuous... | |
 | Epigrams - 1812 - 156 pages
...here you'll find ; Nor Pope himself e'er penn'da joke More cruel on mankind. The picture plac'd the busts between, Gives satire all its strength ; Wisdom...and wit are little seen, But folly at full length. XXI. In all thy humours, whether grave or mellow, Thou'rt such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow, Hast... | |
 | 1813 - 458 pages
...Nor Pope himself e'er penn'da joke More cruel to mankind. The Picture plac'd the busts between (Jives satire all its strength, Wisdom and Wit are little seen But Folly at full-length. METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL, ending 12th January, 181 Printed for JOBS COOK, !w E. 2^ E. Honour.,... | |
 | 1821 - 488 pages
...between two busts of Locke and Pope : " This picture plac'd these buiti between, Give Satire its whole strength, Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly at full length." Urbanity is an indigenous plant of England. An able translator will do his best to be as just to his... | |
 | English essays - 1821 - 730 pages
...between two busts of Locke and Pope : "Thii picture plac'd these busts between, Give Satire itf whole strength, Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly at full length." Urbanity is an indigenous plant of England. An able translator will do his best tu be as just to his... | |
 | George Wentworth - English poetry - 1824 - 378 pages
...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. SIMPLICITY EXEMPLIFIED. When Dr. Percy jirst published his collection of Ancient English Ballads, he... | |
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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. 
