 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
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 530 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 e'en fools, by... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1819 - 718 pages
...And hate for arts that caused himself to rise : Blame with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer : Willing...; Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike resolv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous for, and a suspicious friend; Di-eading e'en fools, by... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1849 - 638 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 hlame or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools, hy... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, livid deaths descend, When earthquakes swallow, or...Acts not by partial, but by general laws ; Th' excep cv'n fools, by flatterers bcsieg'd, And so obliging, that he ne'er oblig'd ; Like Cato, give his little... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - English language - 1820 - 388 pages
...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...hint a fault, || and — hesitate dislike ; Alike resolv'd to hlame, or to commend, . A timorous foe, () and — a suspicious friend : Dreading e'en... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 402 pages
...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...flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging, that he ne'er oblig'd ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 452 pages
...hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; 200 Damn with faint praise, assent the civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing...dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, 205 A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; NOTES. towards him, he had sent him the enclosed ; which... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 452 pages
...hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; 200 Damn with faint praise, assent the civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing...dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, 205 A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; towards him, he had sent him the enclosed; which was... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 276 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 e'en fools; by... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer. And, fault of such, Who still are pleas'd too little or...offence, That always shows great pride, or little sense; ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars... | |
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