 | Alexander Pope - 1860 - 632 pages
...And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, J'ist hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved...friend ; Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieged, j [ And so obliging that he ne'er obliged ; 1 (.ike Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive... | |
 | Benjamin Lambert - 1861 - 62 pages
...leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike ; Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved...besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged; Who but must laugh, if such a man there be 1 Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ? " Wit, as my... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1862 - 452 pages
...leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved...praise — Who but must laugh, if such a man there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus * were he ? " * Addison. It would be easy to multiply extracts from... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1863 - 388 pages
...suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools ; by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging that he ne'er oblig'd ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive...raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who bat must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticns* were he ? What though my name... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1863 - 508 pages
...so obliging, that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato, gives his little senate laws, And sits attentive lo his own applause; While wits and Templars every sentence...; — Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ? " Before we speak of that portion of Addison's writings upon... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1863 - 348 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...praise: — Who but must laugh, if such a man there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ? " To unbend his mind from the toil of translation, Pope... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1909 - 882 pages
...dislike ; Alike reserved to blame as to commend, A timorous foe and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging that...praise ; Who but must laugh if such a man there be, Who would not weep if Atticus were he ? ' I sent the verses to Mr. Addison,' said Pope, ' and he used... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 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...; — Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ? " Before we speak of that portion of Addison's writings upon... | |
 | Henry Riddell Montgomery - 1865 - 476 pages
...leer. And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved...praise ; Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he? " In the same year Addison wrote a few papers, probably j... | |
 | Henry Riddell Montgomery - 1865 - 476 pages
...strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame or to commend, A timorons foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools,...praise ; Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ? " In the same year Addison wrote a few papers, probably... | |
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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 — Who but must laugh, if such a man there be?... 
