| New and general biographical dictionary - Biography - 1761 - 534 pages
...oblig'd ; Who, if two wits on rival themes conteft, Approves of each, but likes the worft the beft } bike Cato, gives his little fenate laws. And fits attentive...Who but muft laugh, if fuch a man there be ? . Who WOUW not weep, if Atucus were he. ADRIAN, or HADRIAN (Publius JEVms) the Roman Spartian m emperor.... | |
| Literature - 1764 - 198 pages
...fcnate laws, And fit attentive to his own applaufe ; While wits and templars ev'ry fentence raile, And wonder with a foolifh face of praife • Who but...there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ? This celebrated fatire on Addifon is drawn in fo mafterly a manner, and contains fo many beautiful... | |
| Owen Ruffhead - Biography - 1769 - 600 pages
...befieg'd, *' And fo obliging, that he ne'er oblig'dj " Like Cato, give his little fenate laws, " And fit attentive to his own applaufe ; " While wits and templars...there be ? ** Who would not weep, if Atticus were he !" Atterbury fo well underftood the force of thefe lines, that, in one of his letters to Mr. POPE,... | |
| Owen Ruffhead - Biography - 1769 - 592 pages
...befieg'd, " And fo obliging, that he ne'er oblig'dj " Like Cato, give his little fenatc laws, " And fit attentive to his own applaufe ; " While wits and templars...there be ? " Who would not weep, if Atticus were he !" Atterbury fo well underftood the force of thefe lines, that, in one of his letters to Mr. POPE,... | |
| Thomas Bridges - 1771 - 220 pages
...? wondrous pitiful ? that fuch a heart as John's, Ihould be tin<ftured with cruelty. Who would not laugh, if fuch a man there be ? Who would not weep, if John himfelf is he? CHAP. C CHAP. XVL Putt baker, full devil. TH E laft chapter left me in the hands... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - Civilization - 1774 - 520 pages
...nothing more eafy than to make quidlibet ex quolibet. " Who Sk. I. 2. REASO N. 155 " Who would not laugh if fuch a man there be ? " Who would not weep if Atticus were he ? " I will detain the reader but a moment longer, to hear what our author fays in juftification of... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - Civilization - 1774 - 522 pages
...nothing more eafy than to make iftddlibet ex quulibct. t cc ct Ci «c CC cc tl tl " Who ** Who would not laugh if fuch a man there be ? ** Who would not weep if Atticus were he ?" I will detain the reader but a moment longer, to hear what our author fays in juftification of fuch... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1777 - 262 pages
...attentive to his own applaufe ; While Wits and Templars every fentence raifc, Ahd wonder with a foolilh face of praife- — Who but muft laugh, if fuch a...there be ? Who would not weep, if ATTICUS were he ! What tho' my name (lood rubric on the walls, Or ;ilaifier'd ports, with elaps, in capitals ? Or fmoaking... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - Civilization - 1778 - 456 pages
...of interpretation, there is nothing more eafy than to make qitidlibet ex quolibet. " Who -would not laugh if fuch a man there be ? " Who -would not -weep if Atticus -were he ? " I will detain the reader but a moment longer, to hear what our author fays in j unification of... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 392 pages
...attentive to his own applaufe ; a1o While Wits and Templars every fentence raife, And wonder with a foolim face of praife — Who but muft laugh, if fuch a man...there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ! What VARIATION. After ver. z08. in the MS. Who, if two Wits on rival themes conteft, Approves of... | |
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