 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 - Page 244edited by - 1810Full view - About this book
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1857 - 394 pages
...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...strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserved to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading even fools, by... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 pages
...that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without tneering teach the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound and yet...commend, 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... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - Authors - 1859 - 268 pages
...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...strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserved to blame or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading ev'n Fools, by Flatterers... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Authors - 1859 - 572 pages
...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, &e. Accusations crowded faster than the pen could write them down. Pope never composed with more warmth.... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Authors - 1859 - 570 pages
...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.... | |
 | English periodicals - 1896 - 1040 pages
...And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; ])amn 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 and to command, A timorous foe and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools, by... | |
 | Brittany (France) - 1900 - 738 pages
...caus'd himself to rise; Damn wilh faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach thé rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to...hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserv'd to blâme, or to commend, A tira' rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...write, converse, and live with ease Pope Pope 7 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer. And, t is the cause, it is the cause, my soul. Let me not...stars! It is the cause. Yet I'll not shed her blood, reserved to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading e'en fools, by... | |
 | Ronald Paulson - History - 1998 - 292 pages
...Arbuthnot" [1734]) as one who is accustomed to Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing...dislike; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend . . . (11. 201-6) The crucial, most damning detail in the portrait... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1998 - 260 pages
...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, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading ev'n fools, by... | |
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