 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 626 pàgines
...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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1867 - 334 pàgines
...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 there... | |
 | 1868 - 792 pàgines
...rest to sneer, Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. Like Cato give his little senate laws. And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with R fuolish face of praise — Who but must laugh, if such a man... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 410 pàgines
...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... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 pàgines
...suspicious friend ; 15 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, 20 And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh, if such a... | |
 | 1896 - 1040 pàgines
...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... | |
 | 1881 - 970 pàgines
...suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools ; by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging that he ne'er oblig'd ; Like Cato give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and Templars ev'vy sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise ; Who but must laugh if such a man there... | |
 | 1900 - 738 pàgines
...Cato, givc his liltle Senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; While wils and teraplars ev'ry sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise : — Who but must laugh, if such a raan there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he? A. POPE. Dissertation anglaise. 1. The English... | |
 | Yasmine Gooneratne - 1976 - 164 pàgines
...he can only Dreading ev'n fools, by Flatterers besieg'd, 207 And so obliging that he ne'er oblig'd; Like Cato, give his little Senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause. complexity, poised between amusement at what is and regret at what once was, and might have been Who... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 pàgines
...poison, that he cannot trust a friend. Aeschylus (525-456 BC) Greek tragic poet trans. Gilbert Murray Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause. Alexander Pope (1688-1744) English poet In the groves of their academy, at the end of every vista,... | |
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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 he?... 
