 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
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1824 - 498 pages
...hardly be refused." Why should lie be jealous and splenetic only when Pope was concerned ? Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that...raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise— NOTES. * Ver. 209. Like Cato, give] In the second volume of the Biographia Britannica is a vindication... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...he ne'er oblig'd ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; le, at each change, the son of Lybian Jove Now burns with glory, and then melts with love ; ! What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals? Or smoking... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 696 pages
...ne'er obliged ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; Whilst Wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder...there be ? Who would not weep, if ATTICUS were he ?"* Attempts have been made to shew, both in the lifetime of Pope and since, that these lines were... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 692 pages
...ne'er obliged ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; Whilst Wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder...there be ? Who would not weep, if ATTICUS were he ?"* Attempts have been made to shew, both in the lifetime of Pope and since, that these lines were... | |
 | Jacques Delille - English poetry - 1824 - 462 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...man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ! Plein de grace et d'esprit, sachant penser et vivre ; Charmant dans ses discours, sublime dans un... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1824
...he 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...praise — Who but must laugh, if such a man there be 1 Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ? What though my name stood rubric on the walls Or plaster'd... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 pages
...he 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 ? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals ? Or smoking... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pages
...laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and Templars every sentence r; ¡ is¡ • . And wonder with a foolish face of praise— Who but...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, in capitals ? Or smoking... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 524 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 - 1825 - 682 pages
...Who would not grieve if such a man there be 1 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 A tticus were he ? He was at this time at open war with lord Hervey, who had distinguished himself... | |
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