 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
 | George William Frederick Howard Earl of Carlisle - 1851 - 54 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...there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he !" Then I will take the character of the able, versatile, and unprincipled Duke of Wharton;— " Wharton,... | |
 | Henry Schroder - 1852 - 450 pages
...Cato, 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 ! " Then I will take the character of the able, versatile, and unprincipled Duke of Wharton : — "... | |
 | Henry Schroeder - 1852 - 424 pages
...Cato, 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...there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he!" Then I will take the character of the able, versatile, and unprincipled Duke of Wharton:— " Wharton,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 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 ?" " I sent the verses to Mr. Addison," said Pope, " and he used me very civilly ever after." No wonder... | |
 | 1853 - 560 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 ! POPE. [From the " Epistle tu Dr. Arbuthnot."} 7 S9S TO THE WILLOW TREE. Woto f m. THOU art to all... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 360 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...a man there be, Who would not weep if Atticus were ha ! " " I sent the verses to Mr. Addison," said Pope, "and he used me very civilly ever after." No... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1854 - 306 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 ?" " I sent the verses to Mr. Addison," said Pope, " and he used me very civilly ever after." No wonder... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce - 1854 - 352 pages
...ne'er oblig'd; 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 ? " To unbend his mind from the toil of translation, Pope frequently paid a visit to the metropolis... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 pages
...ne'er obliged; Like C'ato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; 210 While wits and Templars every sentence raise, And...laugh, if such a man there be ? Who would not weep, if Attieus were he ! 26 25 See their works, in the translations of classical hooks hy several hands. 26... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 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...he! What though my name stood rubric on the walls Or plastered posts, with claps, in capitals? Or smoking forth, a hundred hawkers' load, On wings' of winds... | |
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