 | John Walker - 1825 - 802 ページ
...letters to his son, the word oblige was, hy many polite speakers pronounced as if written otteegt, to give a hint of their knowledge of the French language ; nay, rope li;i- rhymed it to this sound : " Dreading cv'n fools, by flatterers besirg'd, " Aud so 0WijrJ"£,... | |
 | John Walker - 1827 - 864 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 this sound : " Dreading eT'n fools, by flatterers bfntg'd, " And so obliging, that he ne'er oblig'd." But it was so far from... | |
 | John Walker - 1828 - 798 ページ
...speakers pronounced as if written obleege, to give a hint of their knowledge of uie French language; nav Pope has rhymed it to this sound : " Dreading ev'n...besieg'd, " And so obliging, that he ne'er oblig'd." Bat it was so far from having generally obtained, that Lord Chesterfield strictly enjoins his ion to... | |
 | John Walker - 1830 - 726 ページ
...word oblige was, by many polite speakers, pronounced as if written obleege, to give a hint of then- knowledge of the French language ; nay, Pope has rhymed it to this sound : — " Irreadlnp, eT'n fool,. b» flatterers btHrii'J, And *0 uo/iyi'nff, that he in tr .( (X: ',.'.'... | |
 | John Walker - 1834 - 682 ページ
...vowel, as it evidently has on a and o. When these vowels come before double r, or single r, followed ea hint of their knowledge of the French language ; nay, Pope has rhymed it to this souud : — ! ya rowel, as in arable, carry, marry, urator, lorrid,forage,(ic. they are considerably... | |
 | John Walker - 1836 - 800 ページ
...letters to his son, the word oblige wag, by many polite speaker* pronounced as if written otleegt, to give a hint of their knowledge of the French language; nay, Pope has rhymed it to this sound : u Dreading ev*n fools, by flatterers besieg'd, " And so obliging, that he ne'er oblig'd." Bot it... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 ページ
...hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; o. obliged ; Like Colo, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 ページ
...hesilate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; obliged ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 830 ページ
...hesitate dislike; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; ir, and on the heart Harmonious seizes, the gay troops begin, ln gallant th obliged ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits... | |
 | George William Frederick Howard Earl of Carlisle - 1851 - 54 ページ
...hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend, A tim'rous 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... | |
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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... 
