...e'er penn'da joke More cruel on mankind. " The picture plac'd the busts between Gives satire all her strength; Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly at full length." The second is as follows: — " The old Egyptians hid their wit In hieroglyphic dress, To give men...

...an ass, Now blunt, and now polite. " The statue placed the busts between, Adds to the thought much strength : Wisdom and wit are little seen, But folly at full length !" Nash seems to have been a vain, giddy, reckless character, who acquired his money easily at the...

...an ass, Now blunt, and now polite. " The statue placed the busts between, Adds to the thought much strength : Wisdom and wit are little seen, But folly at full length !" • Nash seems to have been a vain, giddy, reckless character, who acquired his money easily at...

...Newton, occasioning Chesterfield's epigram:— The picture placed the busts between Gives satire Its full strength; Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly at full length. A life-sized statue was erected In the Pump-Room. He held levees, and when he visited his colony of...

...e'er penn'da joke, More cruel on mankind. The picture placed the busts between, Gives satire all her strength ; Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly at full length." A statue of Beau Nash is appropriately placed in the Pump-Room at Bath — but he wants the busts....

...and Newton, in the pump-room at Bath : 'This picture placed the busts between, Gives satire all its strength ; Wisdom and wit are little seen, But folly at full length.' Perhaps his best bon-mot was that on hearing of the marriage of a man of low family, with the daughter...

...produced from his lordship this epigram : — This picture plac'd the busts between, Gives satire all its strength ; Wisdom and wit are little seen, But folly at full length. After he became irremediably deaf, he used to say, " In spite of my strong hereditary right to deafness,...

...memory and the taste of the corporation : " The Statue, placed these busts between, Gives Satire all its strength ; Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly at full length." The Earl of Chesterfield was a frequent visitor at Bath, where he found many admirers of his wit, and...

...e'er penn'da joke More cruel on Mankind. This picture plac'd the busts between, Gives satyr all bis strength ; Wisdom and wit are little seen, But Folly at full length." Nash died in 1761, and his life, written by Oliver Goldsmith, was published in 1702. In this (p. 127)...

...well known, but it is worth repeating : — " This statue placed the busts between, Adds to the satire strength ; Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly at full length." This is neat, and also original. The idea was applied by the Paris wits in an epigram on the group...