 | 1794 - 450 стор.
...K. It is on this occasion that he afterwards adds the refledlion which I have chosen for my mottO. " Want is the scorn of every wealthy fool, • And wit in rags is turn'd to ridicule." DRYDEN. It must be confessed that few things make a man appear more despicable,... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 346 стор.
...in mourning: Or if the shoe be ript, or patches put, He 's wouudcd ! see the plaister on his foot. Want is the scorn of every wealthy fool ; And wit in rags is turn'd to ridicule. Pack hence, and from the cover'd benches nse, (The Master of the Ceremonies... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 442 стор.
...mourning ; Or, if the shoe be ripped, or patches put, — He's wounded ! see the plaister on his foot. Want is the scorn of every wealthy fool, And wit in rags is turned to ridicule. Pack hence, and from the covered benches rise, (The master of the ceremonies... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 436 стор.
...mourning ; Or, if the shoe be ripped, or patches put, — He's wounded ! see the plaister on his foot. Want is the scorn of every wealthy fool, And wit in rags is turned to ridicule. Pack hence, and from the covered benches rise, (The master of the ceremonies... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1809 - 312 стор.
...BUDGELL. t infetix put/pertas durius in se, Quam quod ridicules homines facit— Juv. Sat. 3. v. 152. Want is the scorn of every wealthy fool, And wit in rags is turn'd to ridicule. DHYDEV. . SI was walking in my chamber the morning before I went last into the... | |
 | 1814 - 262 стор.
...sordid and wretched outside, there may not lie talents, which might make him a valuable associate. " Want is the scorn of every wealthy fool, And wit in rags is turn'd to ridicule." But this might be borne, and it might perhaps be in some measure compensated,... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 316 стор.
...DRYDJSN, It is on this occasion that he afterwards adds the reflection which I have chosen for my motto : Want is the scorn of every wealthy fool, And wit in rags is turn'd to ridicule. DRYDEN. It must be confessed that few things make a man appear more despicable,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 440 стор.
...mourning; Or, if the shoe be ripp'd, or patches put, — He's wounded ! see the plaister on his foot. Want is the scorn of every wealthy fool, And wit in rags is turn'd to ridicule. Pack hence, and from the cover'd benches rise, (The master of the ceremonies... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 стор.
...mourning :' Or if the shoe be ripp'd, or patches put, ' He's wounded! see the plaister on his foot.' Want is the scorn of every wealthy fool ; And wit in rags is turn'd to ridicule. ' Pack hence, and from the cover'd benches rise (The master of the ceremonies... | |
 | 1823 - 302 стор.
...LUCUBRATIONS. IS1 for it is better than to starve, and to involve a family in all the evils of indigence. Want is the scorn of every wealthy fool, And wit in rags is turn'd to ridicule. DRYDEN'S Juv. Hard necessity forces them to submit to the yoke ; and when their... | |
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The greasy gown, sullied with often turning, Gives a good hint, to say — The man's in mourning; Or, if the shoe be ripp'd, or patches put, — He's wounded ! see the plaister on his foot. Want is the scorn of every wealthy fool, And wit in rags is turn'd... 
