 Dreading e'en 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 Twentieth Century - Page 2701896Full view - About this book
 | 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 - 474 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 494 pages
...the worst the best. Alluding to Mr. P.'s and Tickell's translation of the first book of the Iliad. Who but must laugh, if such a man there be ? Who would not weep, if ATTICUS were he ? NOTES. been employed in July, 1715, to write Mr. Wycherley's Life, who lived till the December following.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1824 - 498 pages
...the worst the best. Alluding to Mr. P.'s and Tickell's translation of the first book of the Iliad. Who but must laugh, if such a man there be ? Who would not weep, if ATTICUS were he ? NOTES. been employed in July, 17 15, to write Mr. Wycherley's Life, who lived till the December following.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1824 - 498 pages
...worst the best. been Alluding to Mr. P.'s and Tickell's translation of the first book of the Iliad. Who but must laugh, if such a man there be ? Who would not weep, if ATTICUS were he ? NOTES. been employed in July, 1715, to write Mr. Wycherley's Life, who lived till the December following.... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 pages
...dislike ; Alike reserved to blame or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools ; by flatterers besieged, And so obliging that...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 - English literature - 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 - 514 pages
...not grieve if such a man there be ? Who would not laugh if Addison were lie ? At last it is, Who hut must laugh if such a man there be? Who would not weep if Atticus were lie ? • He was at this time at open war with lord Hervey, who had distinguished himself as a steady... | |
 | 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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