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...suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools ; by flatterers besieg'd ; And 8O 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 ev'ry sentence raise' And wonder with a foolish face of praise; Who but must laugh, if such a man there...

...Lion, an absurdity finely ridiculed by Pope, in his prologue to the Satirts : " To sit attentive to our own applause, •' While Wits and Templars every sentence...raise, " And wonder with a foolish face of praise." On the contrary, there is no stronger proof of good sense, than to profit by the advantages of that...

...suspicious friend; Dreading even fools, by Flatterers besie'g'd, And so obliging, that he ne'er oblig'd; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit 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...

...commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieged, And so / if ATTICUS* were he! What tho' my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in...

...suspicious friend; Dreading even 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; 15 While Wits and Templars every sentence raise, Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would...

...commend, A timorous foe and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging that he ne'er obliged ; Like Cato, give his...laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps,...

...timorous foe and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obligmg that he ne'er obliged ; Like Cato, give his little...laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps,...