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Sketches of the History of Man: In Two Volumes - Page 155
by Lord Henry Home Kames - 1774 - 519 pages
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A Grammar of Rhetoric, and Polite Literature: Comprehending the Principles ...

Alexander Jamieson - English language - 1838 - 338 pages
...j| by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, || that he ne'er obliged. Who would not smile, if such a man there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he?"* 334. The beauty of genuine antithesis is so considerable, that we cannot wonder that many unsuccessful...
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The Mirror of parliament, ed. by J.H. Barrow. 8th parl., 2nd ..., Volume 2

1838 - 892 pages
...much opposed to that which they formerly adopted ; and I exclaim, — Who would not laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he? But, Sir, I must say, that if the indications which have this night been given are to be followed up...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope. Ed. by H.F. Cary, with a biogr. notice ...

Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh, if such What tho' my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals ! * Amb. Philips...
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The Rhetorical Reader Consisting of Instructions for Regulating the Voice ...

Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...attentive to his own applause; 15 While Wits and Templars every sentence raise, Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if ATTICUS were he! 11. For these reasons, the senate and people of Athens, (with due veneration to the gods and heroes,...
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A Grammar of Rhetoric and Polite Literature: Comprehending the Principles of ...

Alexander Jamieson - English language - 1840 - 314 pages
...|| by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, || that he ne'er obliged. Who would not smile, if such a man there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he?"* 334. The beauty of genuine antithesis is so considerable, that we cannot wonder that many unsuccessful...
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The Nineteenth Century: A Monthly Review, Volume 10

Great Britain - 1881 - 970 pages
...Templars ev'vy 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 ! Pope did not immediately publish these lines, but sent them in manuscript to Addison, with the belief...
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Nineteenth Century and After, Volume 10

Nineteenth century - 1881 - 972 pages
...Templars ev'iy 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 ! Pope did not immediately publish these lines, but sent them in manuscript to Addison, with the belief...
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The Twentieth Century, Volume 40

English periodicals - 1896 - 1040 pages
...Templars every 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 ? Even in lyric poetry, which seems above all other forms of the art to contain the expression of individual...
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Politeness and Poetry in the Age of Pope

Thomas M. Woodman - Literary Criticism - 1989 - 180 pages
...process is an educative one. The poems work toward a polite consensus, "Who but must laugh if such a man there be? / Who would not weep if Atticus were he?" ("Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot," 231-14). But Pope has of course set the whole tone and the terms of the...
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The Columbia Granger's Dictionary of Poetry Quotations

Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause: 8 Who but must laugh, if such more virtuous. Nor from mine own weak merits will I dr AWP; InPK; InPS; NOBE; NOEC; NoP; OAEL-1; OxBoLi; PoE; PoEL-3; SeCePo 9 Let Sporus tremble — 'What?...
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