 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
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 524 pages
...the worst the best. Alluding to Mr. P.'s and Tickell's translation of the first book of the Iliad. While wits and templars every sentence raise, And...there be ? Who would not weep, if ATTICUS were he ? NOTES. the story supposes that Addison hired Gildon to abuse Pope and his family) is explained by... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 546 pages
...raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise ; — •' Spcncc's Ancc. p. 140. Singer's ed. — Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if ATTICUS were he 6?" Attempts have been made to show, both in the lifetime of Pope and since, that these lines were... | |
 | John Cotton Smith - 1847 - 348 pages
...eccentricities of the Downing Gazette, without seeming to reflect that their own are scarcely less ludicrous. " Who but must laugh, if such a man there be ! Who would not weep, if Atticus were he?" Yes, gentlemen, I for one feel disposed to weep that some of our religious journalists are of this... | |
 | Bengal council of educ - 1848 - 394 pages
...that he ne'er obliged ; Like Cato give his little Senate laws And sit attention to his own applause ; While wits and templars every sentence raise And wonder...man there be Who would not weep if Atticus were he ! Which of Pope's contemporaries is here satirized under the name of Atticus. What was the immediate... | |
 | Bengal (India) - 1848 - 520 pages
...that he ne'er obliged ; Like Cato give his little Senate laws And sit attention to his own applause ; While wits and templars every sentence raise And wonder...man there be Who would not weep if Atticus were he !" Which of Pope's contemporaries is here satirized under the name of Atticus ? What was the immediate... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...he ne'er obliged ; Like Goto, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And...Who would not weep, if ATTICUS • were he ? What tho' my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with quacks, in capitals ? Or smoking forth,... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1849 - 478 pages
...he ne'er obliged j Like Cato, gives his little senate laws, And sits attentive to his own applause; While wits and Templars every sentence raise, And...there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he?" Before we speak of that portion of Addison's writings upon which is chiefly based his enduring reputation... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...he ne'er oblig'd ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And...there be ? Who would not weep, if ATTICUS were he 1 12. If ever you have looked on better days ; If ever been where bells have knoll'd to church ; If... | |
 | George William F. Howard (7th earl of Carlisle.) - 1850 - 52 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...praise — Who but must laugh, if such a man there be Î Who would not weep, if Atticus were he !" Then I will take the character of the able, versatile,... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1851 - 442 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...there be ? Who would not weep, if ATTICUS were he ! If ever you have looked on better days ; If ever been where bells have knolled to church | If ever... | |
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