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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Satires, &c - Page 24
by Alexander Pope - 1752
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Anglicanus scotched [a reply to View of the character, position, and ...

Marcus Dods - 1828 - 34 pages
...is ANGLICANUS. But should he be, my only remark on this subject is, " Who would not laugh, if such a man there be ! Who would not weep, if Atticus were he !" I return to my picture. The next feature in it is, that my *' highest conceptions of worldly glory...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History ..., Volumes 3-4

Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise. Who but must laugh, if such 1 Dirge in Cymbeline. Sung by GtriDEiiius and ARVIRAGTJ t Let Sporns tremble * A. What ! that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of asses' milk ?...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 100, Part 1; Volume 147

Early English newspapers - 1830 - 736 pages
...taste, and wit— and ignorance, infatuation, and perhaps insanity. " Who would not laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?" By this foolish business, and the dissolution of 1796, Mr. Halhed's public career was closed, and he...
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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 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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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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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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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...
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