 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 ページ
...hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging, that he ne'er oblig'd ; IJko Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive te his own applause ; 210 While wits and... | |
 | A. W. Winkelmann - 1816 - 514 ページ
...letters to his »on, the Word oblige was, by many polite speakers, pronounced as if written obleege , to give a hint of their knowledge of the French, language;...rhymed it to this sound: "Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterer« besieg' d "And so obliging, that he ne'er oblig'd." But it was so far from having generally... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 402 ページ
...hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a 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... | |
 | John Walker - 1822 - 710 ページ
...letters to his son, the word oblige was, by many polite speakers, pronounced as if written obleege, to give a hint of their knowledge of the French language; nay, Pope has rhymed it to tbtf sound: " Dreading CT*n foola, by flatterm Brrirf- '*% " And an othji.,, that he ne'er oMif 'J."... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 452 ページ
...Bacon de Aug. Scient lib. 3. p. 180. And the thought was also used by Ld. Orrery, and by Denham. NOTES. 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 VARIATIONS. After... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 468 ページ
...Bacon de Aug. Scient . lib. 3. p. 180. And the thought was also used by Ld. Orrery, and by Denham. 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 VARIATIONS. After... | |
 | John Walker - 1823 - 808 ページ
...letters to his son, the word oblige was, by many polite speakers pronounced a* if written oblcrge, to give a hint of their knowledge of the French language...to this sound: " Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers kcsirg'J, " And so obliging, that he ne'er oblig'd." Bat it was so far from harii:; generally obtained,... | |
 | John Walker - 1824 - 788 ページ
...his son, the word oblige чел, by many polite speakers, pronounced as if written ablette, to give n hint of their knowledge of the French language; nay, Pope has rhymed it lo this souiid : I But it w;i4 so for from having generally obtained, that Lord Chesterfield, strictly... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 ページ
...hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; a scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the Hear how Tim ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 ページ
...hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to eommend, A timorous foe, and a suspieious 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... | |
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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A... 
