 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1809 - 312 str.
...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 country, I heard the... | |
 | 1814 - 262 str.
...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, if the contempt in which... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 316 str.
...1711. Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se Qu&m quod ridiculos homines facitJuv. Sat. Hi. 152. Want is the scorn of every wealthy fool. And wit in rags is tnrn'd to ridicule. DRYDEN. As I was walking in my chamber the morning before I went last into the... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 440 str.
...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 cries,) This is no place... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 str.
...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 cries), This is no place... | |
 | 1823 - 302 str.
...certainly do, and upon the principle of choosing the least of two evils; 60. OR, LUCUBRATIONS. IS1 for it is better than to starve, and to involve a...? Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To teach the young idea how to shoot, The generous purpose... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 820 str.
...DRYDEN. 'Tis 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. ers against what he is going to offer, than 'an awkward or pitiful dress ; insomuch that I... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 438 str.
...DRYDEN. 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, or more prejudice his... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 612 str.
...that of a keeper of a mad-house, a gaol, or a collection of wild beasts, but much more untnankful. Yet ingenious and learned men sometimes submit to...wealthy fool, And wit in rags is turn'd to ridicule. DnroBK's Juv. Hard necessity forces them to submit to the yoke, and when their shoulders have become... | |
 | 1824 - 278 str.
...se, uod ridicules humbles facit Quant quod ridicules humines facit Juv. Sat. 3, v. 152. Want is (lie scorn of every wealthy fool, And wit in rags is turn'd to ridicule. DHTDSH. As I was walking in my chamber the morning before I went last into the country, I heard the... | |
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Want is the scorn of every wealthy fool, And wit in rags is turn'd to ridicule. 
