 | Vanessa, Jonathan Swift - 1921 - 236 strani
...all she ever read, And had a most discerning head. 'Tis an old maxim in the schools That flattery's the food of fools, Yet now and then your men of wit 760 Will condescend to take a bit. So when Cadenus could not hide, He chose to justify his pride, Construing... | |
 | Vanessa, Jonathan Swift - 1921 - 230 strani
...all she ever read, And had a most discerning head. 'Tis an old maxim in the schools That flattery's the food of fools, Yet now and then your men of wit 760 Will condescend to take a bit. So when Cadenus could not hide, He chose to justify his pride, Construing... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 strani
...Two Gentlemen of Verona. Act HI. Sc. 1. L. 100. 21 Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery's s: Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to ga condescend to take a bit. SWIFT— Cadenus and Vanessa. L. 769. 22 Where Young must torture his invention... | |
 | Frederick Elmore Lumley - 1925 - 440 strani
...device continues to work. It was Swift who said : " Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend to take a bit." Dr. Charles W. Eliot, former president of Harvard University, tells of sitting... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 strani
...man desires to live long; but no man would be old. Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery's how forgo Thy sweet converse and love so dearly joined. condescend to take a bit. 11342 I shall be like that tree, I shall die at the top. 11343 Usually speaking,... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 404 strani
...how much it altered her person for the worse. 4113 Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend to take a bit. 4129 What some invent, the rest enlarge. SWINBURNE Algernon Charles 18371909... | |
 | Vernon K. McLellan - 2000 - 308 strani
...until she couldn't see for the suds. MARY R. RINEHART 'Tis an old maxim in the schools That flattery's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend to take a bit. JONATHAN SWIFT Flattery is soft soap — and soap is 90 percent lye. Tell... | |
 | David Crystal, Hilary Crystal - 2000 - 604 strani
...inhale. Adlai Stevenson, i February 1961, speech 33:25 Tis an old maxim in the schools, / That flattery's the food of fools; / Yet now and then your men of wit / Will condescend to take a bit. Jonathan Swift, 1713, Codenus and Vanessa, 758 33:26 This barren verbiage,... | |
 | Joan Detz - 2002 - 228 strani
...hat flying off into the wind. PRESENTING AN AWARD "Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend to take a bit. — Jonathan Swift A person who retires after forty years of service, an... | |
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Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend to take a bit. 
