 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 452 pages
...disposition 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 caus'd himself to rise ; 200 Damn with faint praise, assent the civil leer, And without sneering, teach... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1824 - 406 pages
...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, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ;... | |
 | William Henry Pyne - Law - 1824 - 686 pages
...said Pope, much amused ; " quite epigrammatic." — " Not so bad!" said Swift; " fie upon you !" ' View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ;' ' Damn with faint praise !' • "Fie — fie — fie!" Well, silence, gentlemen, friends and neighbours... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 694 pages
...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, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, world's victor stood subdued by sound! The pow'r of music all our hea caus'd himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer. And, without sneering, teach... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 pages
...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, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer; Willing... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pages
...; ; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, i >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, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 418 pages
...us. 14. 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 caus'd himself to rise ; 5 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without Sneering te'ach... | |
 | Montgomery Robert Bartlett - Education - 1828 - 426 pages
...roller." " 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 caus'd himself to rise, Blame with faint praise, assent with evil ear, ! And without sneering, teach... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1828 - 264 pages
...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 cause himself to rise : Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach... | |
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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, Alike... 
