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" Blest 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... "
Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Prefaces - Page 373
by John Aikin - 1826 - 807 pages
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 77-78

John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 480 pages
...View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; 200 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And...strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, 205 Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besiea''d, And so obliging...
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History of John Bull. Essays. Poetry

Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 496 pages
...rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne ; View him with scornful, yet with fearful eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise;...strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend: Dreading e'en fools, by...
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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's ..., Volume 17

Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 498 pages
...rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne ; View him with scornful, yet with fearful eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise;...strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend: Dreading e'en fools, by...
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The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2

George Campbell - English language - 1801 - 404 pages
...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...hint a fault, || and — hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous foe, || and — a suspicious friend; , . Dreading ev'n...
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The Works, Volume 24

Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 434 pages
...rule alone. Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne ; View Him with scornful, yet with fearful eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise;...strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A um'rous foe, and a suspicious friend : Dreading c'cn fools, by...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections ..., Volume 5

Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 pages
...; View him with scornful yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; 200 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And...; Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend ; 205 A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1804 - 230 pages
...and live with ease ; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no rival near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous...praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, others teach to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate...
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An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ...

Joseph Warton - 1806 - 464 pages
...whisperers, whose business it is to strangle all other offspring of wit in their birth." Vol. jrii. p. 300. View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes. And...strike ; Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend ; A t , in'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools,...
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An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ...

Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pages
...whisperers, whose business it is to strangle all other offspring of wit in thqir birth," Vol. ğli. p. 300. View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And...rest to sneer : Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike j Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend ; A tim'rous...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...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...strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools; by...
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