 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:...  Miscellanies... - Page 149by William Makepeace Thackeray - 1873 - 592 pagesFull view - About this book
 | England - 1868 - 792 pages
...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...and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with R fuolish face of praise — Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep if Atticus... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - England - 1869 - 414 pages
...afraid. to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame as to commend, A tim'orous foe and a suspicious friend ; Dreading...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 ? " " I sent... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 410 pages
...afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame as to commend, A timorous foe and a suspicious friend ; Dreading...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 ? " " I sent... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - England - 1869 - 410 pages
...afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame as to commend, A timorous foe and a suspicious friend ; Dreading...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 ? " " I sent... | |
 | William Kurtz Wimsatt - Literary Criticism - 1954 - 324 pages
...continuous, but the rhymes are always different parts of speech. The portrait continues: Dreading ev'n fools; by flatterers besieged, And so obliging that...Senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause. Here the same parts of speech are rhymed, but one verb is passive, one active; one noun is plural,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1881 - 970 pages
...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... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...dislike; Alike reserved to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading e'en , 8 Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he? AWP; InPK; InPS;... | |
 | W. H. Auden - Poetry - 2004 - 604 pages
...to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading even fools, by flatt'rers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged ;...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? Cursed... | |
 | 張錯 - Literature - 2005 - 360 pages
...strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserved to blame, or to commend, A tim，rous foe and a suspicious friend; Dreading even fools,...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? s 祝此類君子平安大... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 2007 - 298 pages
...yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserved to blame as to commend, A timorous foe and a suspicious friend; Dreading even...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?" "I sent... | |
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