 Dreading even 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 Alexander Pope - Page 293by Alexander Pope - 1869 - 485 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 412 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, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 404 pages
...would not grieve if such a man there be I 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... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 276 pages
...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...man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ? Whatthough my name stood rubric on the walls Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals ? Or smoking... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 452 pages
...after it is said to have happened, it will be no breach of charity to supWhile Wits and Templars ev'ry sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of...there be ? Who would not weep, if ATTICUS were he? NOTES. pose that the whole of it was founded on some misapprehension in either Mr. Pope or the Earl... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 308 pages
...wonld 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 694 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 - 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... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 pages
...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...praise — Who but must laugh, if such a man there be 1 Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ? What though my name stood rubric on the walls Or plaster'd... | |
 | 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.... | |
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