 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,...  Broome, Pope, Pitt, Thomson - Сторінка 244редактори - 1810Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1840 - 516 стор.
...These are alluded to, when the satirist sings, Damn with faint praise ; assent with civil leer ; And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing...strike ; Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike, &c. Accusations crowded faster than the pen could write them down. Pope never composed with more warmth.... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 стор.
...And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, day, looking after A raven, feeding upon a quarter...her beak to the south, I match'd this morsel out of obliged ; Like Colo, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 830 стор.
...caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, tench ular, and bush Bending with dewy moisture, o'er the heads Of the obliged ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 стор.
...teach the rest lo sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid lo strike. Just hint a fault, and hesilate . obliged ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 282 стор.
...And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer ; Willing...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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 410 стор.
...And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer ; Willing...A timorous foe and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And to obliging, that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato, give his little... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 290 стор.
...And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer ; Willing...strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike ; Alike rcserv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools, by... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1846 - 328 стор.
...Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, others teach to sneer; Witting to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault,...dislike; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend, A tim'rouB foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools ; by flatterers beaieg'd ; And to obliging... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 524 стор.
...hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; 200 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing...strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame, or to commend, 205 A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools,... | |
 | 1847 - 526 стор.
...Does, like the rattlesnake, prevent. BUTLER. 12. Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing...to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. POPE. 13. Before her face her handkerchief she spread, To hide the flood of tears she did not shed.... | |
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