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, - Stran 151avtor: William Makepeace Thackeray - 1877Celotni ogled - O knjigi
| 1796 - 504 strani
...Dreading e«'n fools; by flatterers besie&d; And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged. Like Cato j-ive his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; While wits and Templars ev'ry senrence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise. Who but must laugh, if such a man there... | |
| John Bell - 1796 - 480 strani
...commend, 205 Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besie a ''d, And so obliging that he ne'er cblig'd; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; 210 While wits and Templars ev'ry sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise—- Who... | |
| 1796 - 500 strani
...THE SATIRES. 4I Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And 60 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 Templars ev'ry sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise—- Who... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 230 strani
...suspicious friend; Dreading e'en fools; by flatterers besiegM; 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'ry sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise. Who but must laugh, if such a man there... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 strani
...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 Templars ev'ry sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise— Who but... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 strani
...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 ev'iy sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise—- Who but must laugh, if such a man... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 464 strani
...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 ev'ry sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praiseWho but must laugh, if such a man there... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 536 strani
...Dreading er* n fools, by flatterers beaegM; And so obuging, that he ne'er obliged ; Like Caio, gire his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause, While wits and Templars ev'ry sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise— Who bot most laugh, if such a man... | |
| John Bell - 1807 - 562 strani
...suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flaiterers 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'ry sentence raise And wonder with a foolish face of praise— Who but must laugh, if such a man... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 strani
...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; 818 While wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise— Who but... | |
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