 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 378 pages
...applause ; 210 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 he ? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, 215 Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals ?... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 502 pages
...bel Who u-ould not laugh if Adduon were he 7 At hut it is, Who but must laugh if such a man there bo? Oh suffer not the foe to hear away My helpless corpse, an unassisted prey ; If I, Hervey, who had distinguished himself as a steady adherent to the ministry; and, being offended with... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 332 pages
...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 ! Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ! Some readers may think these lines severe, but the treatment he received from Mr. Addison was more... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1838 - 716 pages
...Who would not laugh if Addison were he ? At last it is, Who hm must laugh if such a man there lie .' 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 to the ministry ; and, being of"ended with... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...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 he! What tho' my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals ! * Amb. Philips... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; 15 While Wits and Templars every sentence raise, Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if ATTICUS were he! 11. For these reasons, the senate and people of Athens, (with due veneration to the gods and heroes,... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...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 he? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals ? Or smoking... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...applause ; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — what is strength without a double share Of wisdom ? vast, unwieldy, burdensome, Pr Ï What, though my name stood rubric oh the walls Or ploster'd im:. t-, with claps, in capitals? Or... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...applause ; While wits and templars every senlence raise. And wonder with a foolish face of praise — ce the sudden tears ! How sweet were once thy prospects fresh and fair Thy sloping ! What, though my name stood rubric un the walls Or plastcr'd posts, with claps, in capitals? Or smoking... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 290 pages
...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 he ?'3 11 — Each man's secret standard in his mind ( That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness) This,... | |
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Dreading ev'n 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... 
