...letters- to his son, the word oblige was, by many polite speakers, pronounced as if written »bürge, to give a hint of their knowledge of the French language ; nay, Pope has rhymed it to thii sound : " Dreftdinr ет'л fool», by flattèrent b.jirj'J, " And к> oMffaf , ihm Ь. ne'er...

...hesitate dislike. Alike reserv'd to Blame, or to Commend A Tim'rous Foe, and a Suspicious Friend; Fearing ev'n Fools, by Flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging, that he ne'er oblig'd; Who when two Wits on Rival Themes contest; Approves of each, but likes the worst the best, Like Cato...