This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 Excerpt: ...and fair fame inspires; Bless'd with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise; Damn with ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 Excerpt: ...and fair fame inspires; Bless'd with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise; 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 reserved to blame or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieg d, And so obliging that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; 'Coleridge's " Biographia Literaria," p. 257. While wits and 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?" "Time," writes Johnson, " quickly puts an end to artificial and accidental fame; and Addison is to pass through futurity protected only by his genius."1 He is protected, too, by the genius of his enemy. It is impossible that this passage, perfect wit in perfect language, can ever be forgotten. As long as men read it they will seek to know more of this Atticus, and they will feel how stainless must have been the character of a man, how bright his wit, how delightful his writings, who sustained such an attack unhurt and untarnished. Pope, as he watched the effect of his blow at the reputation of his great rival, might well have exclaimed: "We do it wrong, being so majestical, To offer it the show of violence; For it is, as the air, invulnerable, And our vain blows malicious mockery."...
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