 | Owen Ruffhead - Biography - 1769 - 600 pages
...wits and templars ev'ry fentence raife, *' And wonder with a foolifh face of praife — " Who but muft laugh, if fuch a man there be ? ** Who would not weep, if Atticus were he !" Atterbury fo well underftood the force of thefe lines, that, in one of his letters to Mr. POPE,... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - Biography - 1769 - 592 pages
...and templars ev'ry fentence raife, • " And wonder with a foolifh face of praife — " Who but muft laugh, if fuch a man there be ? " Who would not weep, if Atticus were he !" Atterbury fo well underftood the force of thefe lines, that, in one of his letters to Mr. POPE,... | |
 | Thomas Bridges - 1771 - 220 pages
...it not pitiful ? wondrous pitiful ? that fuch a heart as John's, Ihould be tin<ftured with cruelty. Who would not laugh, if fuch a man there be ? Who would not weep, if John himfelf is he? CHAP. C CHAP. XVL Putt baker, full devil. TH E laft chapter left me in the hands... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1777 - 262 pages
...Wits and Templars every fentence raifc, Ahd wonder with a foolilh face of praife- — Who but muft laugh, if fuch a man there be ? Who would not weep, if ATTICUS were he ! What tho' my name (lood rubric on the walls, Or ;ilaifier'd ports, with elaps, in capitals ? Or fmoaking... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Civilization - 1778 - 456 pages
...fuch latitude of interpretation, there is nothing more eafy than to make qitidlibet ex quolibet. " Who -would not laugh if fuch a man there be ? " Who...but a moment longer, to hear what our author fays in j unification of fuch myfterious meaning. Out of many reafons, I felec t the two following. " It may... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 414 pages
...While Wits and Templars every fentence raife, And wonder with a foolim face of praife — Who but muft laugh, if fuch a man there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ! What VARIATION. After ver.' z08. in the MS. Who, if two Wits on rival themes conteft, Approves of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 522 pages
...grieve if fuch a man there be? Who would not laugh if Addifon were he ? 120 At laft it is, Who but muft laugh if fuch a man there be ? ' Who would not weep if Atticus were he ? He was at this time at open war with Lord Hervey, who had diftinguifhed himfe]f as a fteady adherent... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...grieve if fuch a man there be ? Who would not laugh if Addifon were he ? At laft it is, Who but muft laugh if fuch a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he ? He was at this time at open war with Lord Hervey, who had diftinguifhed himfelf as a fteady adherent... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1782 - 514 pages
...While wits and Templars ev'ry fentence raife, And wonder with a foolifh face of praife— Who but mart laugh, if fuch a man there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were hef -' THIS is that famous character of ADDISON *, which has been fo much commended for it's wit and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1783 - 322 pages
...While Wits and Templars ev'ry fentence raife, And wonder with a foolifh face of praife — Who but muft laugh, if fuch a man there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ! IBID. p. IS7. CALUMNY AND FALSEHOOD. CURST be the Verfe, how wel} foe'er it flow, That tends to make... | |
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Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he? 
