 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 páginas
...hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend ; 205 A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n 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 ; 210 While wits and... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 páginas
...hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend ; A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 páginas
...hesitate dislike; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n 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 templan... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 562 páginas
...hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, 205 A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n 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; 213 While wits and... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 páginas
...dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend - • • Dreading ev'n 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 applanse ; While wits and templars... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 702 páginas
...dislike; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Drrading ev'n 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 applanse; While wita anoV templars... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 páginas
...hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging, that he ne'er oblig'd ; IJko Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive te his own applause ; 210 While wits and... | |
 | John Walker - 1819 - 800 páginas
...speakers pronounced as if written obtetge, to give a hint of their knowledge of the French language ; nay. Pope has rhymed it to this sound : . " Dreading ev'n...besieg'd, " And so obliging, that he ne'er oblig'd." But it was so far from having generally obtained, that Lord Chesterfield strictly enjoins his son to... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 402 páginas
...hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 468 páginas
...Bacon de Aug. Scient . lib. 3. p. 180. And the thought was also used by Ld. Orrery, and by Denham. Dreading ev'n 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; 210 VARIATIONS. After... | |
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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil 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 reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A... 
