| William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1853 - 332 pages
...Dreading even fools , by flatterers besieged , And so obliging that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato give nis 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, Alexander Dyce - 1854 - 352 pages
...dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous 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 ; Whilst Wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise : — Who... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1854 - 306 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... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1854 - 340 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; 210 While wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise— Who but... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 pages
...suspicious friend; Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged; Like C'ato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; 210 While wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who... | |
| George William Frederick Howard Earl of Carlisle - Labor and laboring classes - 1856 - 640 pages
...strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools,...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 - 1856 - 512 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, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 356 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 ; 210 While wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 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 ; 210 While wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who... | |
| John Seely Hart - Readers - 1857 - 394 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... | |
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