 While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh, if such a man there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps,...  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 112by Alexander Pope - 1854Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 366 pages
...Who would not grieve if such a man there be ? Who would not laugh if Addison were he ? At last it is, Who but must laugh if such a man there be ! Who would not weep if Atticus were he ? He was at this time at open war with lord Hervey, who had distinguished himself as a steady adherent... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 220 pages
...give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and Templars ev'ry sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of...laugh, if such a man there be ! Who would not weep, if Atflicus were he ! Some readers may think these lines severe, but the treatment he received from Mr.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...not grieve if such a man there be ? Wi1o would not laugh if Addison were he ? At last it is, Who hut must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he ? He was at this time at open war with Lord Hervey, who had distinguished himself as a steady adherent... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1814 - 494 pages
...that be ne'er obliged ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws. And sit attentive to his own applause; While wits and templars, every sentence raise, And...there be? Who would not weep, if ATTICUS were he?* Mr. Ruffhead in his life of Pope has attempted to substantiate this malignant accusation, by a detail... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 530 pages
...the worst the best ;] Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And...there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ? ' His finances were now placed in such a flourishing state, that he resolved to settle himself nearer... | |
 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1818 - 812 pages
...he heard him now maintain tiie utter subversion of it, he could not help exclaiming, " Who would not laugh if such a man there be ; " Who would not weep if Atticus were he !'• Mr. Hardinee said, that he was equally astonished and shocked, at the doubt which had been entertained... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1818 - 628 pages
...of Westmoreland, and all with whom the uwuey-gettiag Bishop саше into contact. ' Who would npt laugh, if such a man there be, ' Who would not weep, if Atticus were he.' Why did he not resign his station in the Establishment, «ml become respectable by avowing his preference... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1819 - 718 pages
...Di-eading e'en fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged : Who would not smile, if such a man there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ?" No figure, perhaps, has been so anxiously sought, and with so little success, as Antithesis. It... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 412 pages
...Who would not grieve if such a man there be ? Who would not laugh if Addison were he? At last it is, Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he? He was at this time at open war with Lord Hervey, who had distinguished himself as a steady adherent... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 404 pages
...would not grieve if such a man there be I Who would not laugh if Addison were he ? ' At last it is, • Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he? He was at this time at open war with Lord Hervey, who had distinguished himself as a steady adherent... | |
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