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The Works of the British Poets, Selected and Chronologically Arranged ... - Page 381
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Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson ...

John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged ; Like Colo, <|>~? ? =K>L> Ï What, though my name stood rubric oh the walls Or ploster'd im:. t-, with claps, in capitals? Or...
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Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson ...

John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...teach the rest lo sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid lo strike. Just hint a fault, and hesilate . senlence raise. And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh, if such a man there...
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Wit and Humour, Selected from the English Poets: With an Illustrative Essay ...

Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 386 pages
...dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging, that...there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he?" i 12 Each man's stcret standard in his mind, (That casting -weight pride adds to emptiness) This, who...
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Wit and Humor

Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 290 pages
...dislike ; Alike rcserv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging, that...there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ?'3 11 — Each man's secret standard in his mind ( That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness) This,...
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Wit and Humour, Selected from the English Poets: With an Illustrative Essay ...

Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 416 pages
...dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging, that...laugh, if such a man there be ? Who would not weep, ifAtticus were he?^ i2 Each man's secret standard in his mind, (That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness)...
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Wit and Humor

Leigh Hunt - Humor - 1846 - 282 pages
...dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging, that...praise Who but must laugh, if such a man there be 1 Who would not weep, ifAtticus were he ?i3 " — Each man's secret standard in his mind (That casting-weight...
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Wit and Humour, Selected from the English Poets; with an Illustrative Essay ...

Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 410 pages
...commend, A timorous foe and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And to obliging, that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato, give his...of praise Who but must laugh, if such a man there lie ! Who would not weep, if Atticus were Ae."4 11 Each man's secret standard in hit mind, (That casting...
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General Report on Public Instruction, in the Lower Provinces of the Bengal ...

Bengal (India) - 1848 - 520 pages
...besieged, And so obliging that he ne'er obliged ; Like Cato give his little Senate laws And sit attention to his own applause ; While wits and templars every...man there be Who would not weep if Atticus were he !" Which of Pope's contemporaries is here satirized under the name of Atticus ? What was the immediate...
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Scholarship examinations of 1846/47 (-1853/54).

Bengal council of educ - 1848 - 394 pages
...besieged, And so obliging that he ne'er obliged ; Like Cato give his little Senate laws And sit attention to his own applause ; While wits and templars every...man there be Who would not weep if Atticus were he ! Which of Pope's contemporaries is here satirized under the name of Atticus. What was the immediate...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope. Revised and arranged expressly for the ...

Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...; Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieged, Aud so obliging, that he ne'er obliged ; Like Goto, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to...Who would not weep, if ATTICUS • were he ? What tho' my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with quacks, in capitals ? Or smoking forth,...
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