...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...suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er oblig'd; Like Cato, give his little senate laws. And sit attentive...

...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...suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er oblig'd; Like Cato, give his little senate laws. And sit attentive...

...suspicious friend; Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; 210 While wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who...

...with ease. Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no rival near his throne, Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ? These lines well characterise Sir George Grey's long and eventful administration in New Zealand....

...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, 205 i A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading ev'n fools, by Flatterers besieg"d, And so...

...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...suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by Flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er oblig'd ; t » Miscellaneous Writings, 1872, i. 43. t ie The...

...Epnde to Dr. A1txtthno1 continued.] By flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging that he ne'er oblig\l ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause. Line 207. Who but must laugh, if such a man there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ? Lint...

...most, dis praises. P. Fletcher, The Purple Island. Canto vii. Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot continued.] By flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging that he ne'er...senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause. Lint 207. Who but must laugh, if such a man there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ? Line...

...suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging that IIP ne' er obliged ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applan-e ; Whilst wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise...

...Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserved to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato, give his little...