 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 878 strani
...though she plays no more, o'erlooks the cards. Pope. Tis an old maxim in the schools, That vanity'-s the food of fools ; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend to lake a bit. Sir if t' s Miscellany. The corruption of the world indulges women in -great... | |
 | 1829 - 414 strani
...be Caesar, and you shall at least be Brutus :" " Tho' 'tis determin'd by the schools That Flattery's the food of fools Yet now, and then, you'r men of wit Will condescend to take a bit." We regret this condescension, for after all it is so. These gentlemen have... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1833 - 380 strani
...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 Will condescend to take a bit. So when Cadenus could not hide, He chose to justify his pride ; Construing... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1834 - 362 strani
...egomet mihi Omnia assentari. TERENT. in Eunuch. (1) 'Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery is the food of fools ; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend to taste a bit. SWIFT. MUSE of my Spenser, who so well could sing The passions all, their... | |
 | 1840 - 818 strani
...suicide.": — The linos of Swift are not impertinent: 'T is an old maxim in the schools, That vanity 's the food of fools ; Yet, now and then your men of wit, Will condescend to lake a bit. HOSPITALITY. — Jack Bannister, praising the hospitalities of the Irish,... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1840 - 360 strani
...egomet mihi Omnia assentari. TERBNT. in Eunuch. (I) 'Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery is the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend to taste a bit SWIFT. MUSE of my Spenser, who so well could sing The passions all, their... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 strani
...she ever read ! And had a most discerning head! 'Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery '» in the l»el№ r*rtury; they were I wo of the most dist condescend to take a bit. So, when Cadenus could not hide, He chose to justify, his pride ; Construing... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1825 - 656 strani
...temptation to commit suicide !" The lines of Swift are not impertinent — 'Tis an old maxim in the schools That vanity's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend to take a bit. Such is the intellectual product of this extraordinary man. It may be truly... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 658 strani
...says of vanity may be with equal truth applied to punning : — " 'Tie an uld maxim in the schools, That vanity's the food of fools ; Yet, now and then, your men of wit Will condescend to take a bit." It seems all but certain that the " Two GENTLEMEN OF VERONA " Is mainly... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 strani
...she ever read ! And had a most discerning head ! 'Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery 's } condescend to take a bit. So, when Cadenus could not hide, He chose to justify, his pride ; Construing... | |
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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. 
