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" Dreading ev'n fools ; by flatterers besieged, And so obliging that 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 wonder with a foolish face of praise... "
The Poetical Works of Alex. Pope: With a Sketch of the Author's Life - Page 268
by Alexander Pope - 1825 - 524 pages
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise— Who but must langh if such a man there be ? Wno would not weep, if Atticus were he ? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or platter'd posts, with claps, in capitals ? Or smoking forth, a hundred hawkers' load, On wings of winds...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 12

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 546 pages
...senate laws, And sit attentive te his own applause ; 210 While wiU and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but...walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals ? Or smoaking forth, a hundred hawkers load, On wings of winds came flying all abroad ? I sought no homage...
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Broome, Pope, Pitt, Thomson

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...senate laws, And sit attentive te his own applause ; 210 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 woep, if Atticns were he ! What though my name '-fond rubric on the walls, Or plastcr'd posts, with...
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The lives of the English poets

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 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...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: Prior. Congreve. Blackmore ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 494 pages
...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...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 11

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 pages
...Who would not grieve if such a wan 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...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes, Volume 11

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...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections, Additions ...

Alexander Pope - 1812 - 220 pages
...senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and Templars ev'ry sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise. Who but...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....
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Essays, Biographical, Critical and Historical, Illustrative of the ..., Volume 3

Nathan Drake - English literature - 1814 - 494 pages
...senate laws. And sit attentive to his own applause; While wits and templars, every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but...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...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 5

Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 530 pages
...senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but...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...
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