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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... "
An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ... - Page 226
by Joseph Warton - 1806
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The Rhetorical Reader Consisting of Instructions for Regulating the Voice ...

Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, 10 A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading even fools, by Flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging, that...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...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope. Ed. by H.F. Cary, with a biogr. notice ...

Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged ; g j every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh, if such a man...
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Selections from the British Poets, Volume 1

English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obligmg 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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Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson ...

John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools,...flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged ; Like Colo, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits...
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Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson ...

John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools,...flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits...
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Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson ...

John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...strike. Just hint a fault, and hesilate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous }s o obliged ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits...
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The Living Age, Volume 280

1914 - 964 pages
...string. Reading Pope is a somewhat similar exercise. The satisfaction we derive from s'ich a couplt t as: Like Cato give his little Senate laws. And sit attentive to his own applause is due half to its clear-cut exactitude. Pope at his deadliest Is so perfect an artist, so intent on...
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Wit and Humour, Selected from the English Poets: With an Illustrative Essay ...

Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 416 pages
...suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieg'd, 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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Wit and Humor

Leigh Hunt - Humor - 1846 - 282 pages
...suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieg'd, 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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Wit and Humor

Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 290 pages
...suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieg'd, 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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