 Damn with faint praise, assent with 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...  The Poetical Works - Page 108by Alexander Pope - 1828Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Jamieson - English language - 1838 - 338 pages
...have acted relative to the translation of Homer, is an example that cannot fail to attract attention. Damn with faint praise, || assent with civil leer, , And without sneering teach the rest to sneer, v Willing to wound, ij and — yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, || and— hesitate dislike... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused * / * / ) / even fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged ; Like Cato, give his little... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - English language - 1839 - 316 pages
...brother near his throne ; View him with scornful, yet with jealnuaeyea, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise, Damn with faint praise, || assent...|| and — yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, j| and — hesitate dislike ; Alike resolved to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, |( and — a... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that.caus'd himself to rise; 5 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And,...teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet affraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,... | |
 | Arts - 1840 - 544 pages
...much as truth would allow ; yon have not perhaps learnt the art, as Mr Reid says in his title-page, io Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer. '. ii:i; ji; ' . * * It is difficult for ns to explain all this, and we should be sorry to make any... | |
 | George Campbell - Theology - 1840 - 450 pages
...brother near the throne. View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd 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, H and — a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools,... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - English language - 1840 - 314 pages
...brother near his throne ; View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise, Damn with faint praise, || assent...|| and — yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, I) and — hesitate dislike ; Alike resolved to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, || and — a... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1840 - 454 pages
...written. ' From Lord Egmont's MS. Collections.— Sec the Addenda to Kippis's Riographia Britannica. Damn with faint praise ; assent with civil leer ;...to strike; Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike, etc. Accusations crowded faster than the pen could write them down. Pope never composed with more warmth.... | |
 | Hugo Reid - Steam-engines - 1840 - 78 pages
...REGARDING THH INTENTION OF THE STEAM ENGINE, IN M. ARAGO'S HISTORICAL ELOGE OF JAMES WATT. BY HUGO REID. Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer. Fiat justitia. GLASGOW: ROBERT STUART & CO., INGRAM STREET ; W. TAIT, EDINBURGH ;— SIMPKIN, MARSHALL,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd art; They strike mine eyes, but not my heart HAGS....her beak to the south, I match'd this morsel out of reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by... | |
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