 | Alexander Pope - 1863 - 348 pages
...suspicions friend ; Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging that he 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 with a foolish face of praise: — Who... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1909 - 882 pages
...suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging that he ne'er obliged ; Like Cato give his little senate laws, And sit attentive...raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise ; Who but must laugh if such a man there be, Who would not weep if Atticus were he ? ' I sent the verses... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - American literature - 1864 - 496 pages
...obliged; Like Cato, gives his little senate laws, And sits attentive to his own applause ; While wils and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise ; — Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ? " Before we speak... | |
 | Henry Riddell Montgomery - Authors, English - 1865 - 476 pages
...suspicious friend ; 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...raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise ; Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he? " In the same year... | |
 | Henry Riddell Montgomery - Authors, English - 1865 - 476 pages
...suspicious friend ; 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...raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise ; Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ? " In the same year... | |
 | Edward Isidore Sears - 1865 - 858 pages
...besieged, And so obliging that he ne'er obliged ; Like Onto, gives his little senate laws, And sits attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars...raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise ; Who but must laugh if such a man there be, Who would not weep if Atticus were he?" • " I sent the verses... | |
 | English periodicals - 1896 - 1040 pages
...suspicious friend ; 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...raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise : Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he ? Even in lyric poetry,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1881 - 970 pages
...suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools ; by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging that he ne'er oblig'd ; Like Cato give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and Templars ev'vy sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise ; Who but must laugh if such a man there... | |
 | 1881 - 972 pages
...friend ; Dreading even fools ; by flatterers besieg"d, And so obliging that he ne'er oblig'd; Like Catu 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... | |
 | Yasmine Gooneratne - Literary Criticism - 1976 - 164 pages
...he can only Dreading ev'n fools, by Flatterers besieg'd, 207 And so obliging that he ne'er oblig'd; Like Cato, give his little Senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause. complexity, poised between amusement at what is and regret at what once was, and might have been Who... | |
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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 — Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were... 
