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" Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he? "
The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Satires, &c - Page 17
by Alexander Pope - 1751
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The Life of Mrs. Jordan: Including Original Private Correspondence ..., Volume 1

James Boaden - Actors - 1831 - 402 pages
...the trouble of playing a few bars of pathetic and appropriate music. " Who would not laugh, if such a man there be ? Who would not weep, if ATTICUS were he ?" In the original play, Feste, the jester, is brought in to sing the song, and his appearance draws...
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The Rhetorical Reader: Consisting of Instructions for Regulating the Voice ...

Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1833 - 312 pages
...obliging, that he ne'er oblig'd; i . Like Cato, give his little senate laws, Who but must laugh, if such a man there be ? Who would not weep, if ATTICUS were he! 11. For these reasons, the senate and people of Athens, (with due veneration to the gods and heroes,...
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The works of Alexander Pope; with a memoir of the author, notes ..., Volume 2

Alexander Pope - 1835 - 378 pages
...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, 215 Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals ? Or smoking...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., to which is Prefixed ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 332 pages
...Templars ev'ry 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 ! Some readers may think these lines severe, but the treatment he received from Mr. Addison was more...
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The Nineteenth Century: A Monthly Review, Volume 10

Great Britain - 1881 - 970 pages
...Templars ev'vy 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 ! Pope did not immediately publish these lines, but sent them in manuscript to Addison, with the belief...
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The Twentieth Century, Volume 40

English periodicals - 1896 - 1040 pages
...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 ? Even in lyric poetry, which seems above all other forms of the art to contain the expression of individual...
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Nineteenth Century and After, Volume 10

Nineteenth century - 1881 - 972 pages
...Templars ev'iy 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 ! Pope did not immediately publish these lines, but sent them in manuscript to Addison, with the belief...
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Politeness and Poetry in the Age of Pope

Thomas M. Woodman - Literary Criticism - 1989 - 180 pages
...process is an educative one. The poems work toward a polite consensus, "Who but must laugh if such a man there be? / Who would not weep if Atticus were he?" ("Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot," 231-14). But Pope has of course set the whole tone and the terms of the...
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The Columbia Granger's Dictionary of Poetry Quotations

Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause: 8 Who but must laugh, if such more virtuous. Nor from mine own weak merits will I dr AWP; InPK; InPS; NOBE; NOEC; NoP; OAEL-1; OxBoLi; PoE; PoEL-3; SeCePo 9 Let Sporus tremble — 'What?...
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Selected Poetry

Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1998 - 260 pages
...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 plastered posts, with claps, in capitals? Or smoking forth,...
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