| Alexander Pope - 1859 - 384 pages
...dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools ; by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging that...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... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 pages
...suspicious friend; Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And to 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... | |
| Henry William Dulcken - 1860 - 230 pages
...e'en fools, by flatterers besieged, P 122 A PSALM OP LIFE. 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... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1860 - 542 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 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... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1860 - 632 pages
...; 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 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... | |
| Thomas Arnold - 1862 - 452 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 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... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1863 - 388 pages
...dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools ; by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging that...attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who bat must laugh if such a man... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1863 - 348 pages
...dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend, A timorous foe and a suspicions friend ; Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging that...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 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... | |
| 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 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... | |
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