...satire bade translate, And own'd that nine such poets made a Tate. How did they fume, and stamp, ani roar, and chafe ! And swear, not Addison himself was...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...

...to commend ; A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged ; Like Cato,...there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ? From the IMITATIONS OF HORACE. In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and...

...naturalised. Compare Imitation or dred slain. Hor. Epistles, i. 7-29. Like Cato, give his little senate laws,1 And sit attentive to his own applause ; * While wits...there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ! ' 1 From his own Prologue to Cato : While Cato gtn» his little senate laws. Wakefield finds the...

...flatterers besieged. And so obliging that he ne'er obliged : Like C'ato give his little senate laws, And ait attentive to his own applause; While wits and templars...man there be, Who would not weep if Atticus were he? " "I sent the verses to Mr. Addison," said Pope, "and he used me very civilly ever after." No wonder...

..."obleeged," the word having boon only recently naturalised. Compare Imitation of I lor. Epistles, i. 7-29. Like Cato, give his little senate laws,' And sit attentive...praise — Who but must laugh, if such a man there he ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ! 4 21 n 1 From his own Prologue to Cato : While Cato gives...

...and roar and chafe! And swear not Addison himself was safe. Peace to all such! but were there one1 whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires;...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...

...write, converse, and live with ease. Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk,2 no brother near the throne, View him with scornful,...attentive to his own applause; While wits and templars cv'ry sentence raise And wonder with a foolish face of praise: — Who but must laugh if such a man...

...as to commend, A timorous foe and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging that he ne'er obliged : Like Cato...man there be, Who would not weep if Atticus were he! " "I sent the verses to Mr. Addison," said Pope, "and he used me very civilly ever after." No wonder...

...to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged ; Like Cato,...man there be! Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ! FROM 'AN ELEGY ON AN UNFORTUNATE LADY.' WHAT can atone (O ever injured shade ! ) Thy fate unpitied,...

...or to commend, A timorous foe and a suspicious friend; Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato give...laugh if such a man there be? Who would not weep if Attious were he?" With the exception of the somewhat technical image in the second verse of Fame blowing...