 Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; 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,...  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 226by Alexander Pope - 1860 - 576 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Campbell - English language - 1845 - 444 pages
...language. For a specimen in this way take these lines of Pope : " Should such a man, too fond to rale alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne,...eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, II assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer... | |
 | 1883 - 798 pages
...was he admired, that even his most unfriendly contemporaries, after his death, declared him a man — "Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease." The reader will no doubt be familiar with the joint names of Tate and Brady ; why the invariable preference... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 410 pages
...and chafe, And swear not Addison himself was safe. Peace to all such ! But were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Blest...scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - Humor - 1846 - 282 pages
...a Tate. How did they fume, and stamp, and roar, and chafe, Aud swear not Addison himself was safe. Blest with each talent and each art to please, And...scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 290 pages
...a Tate. How did they fume, and stamp, and roar, and chafe, Aud swear not Addison himself was safe. Blest with each talent and each art to please, And...scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...FaBoCo; FaBoEE; FM; InPK; LiTB; NOEC; NTCP; OxBoLi; OxBSP; RHPC; SoSe; TTTS Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot 6 hrone of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's Pope Pope 7 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer. And, without sneering, teach the rest to... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1998 - 260 pages
...Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blessed with each talent and each art to please, And born...eyes, And 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;... | |
 | Richard G. Terry - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 378 pages
...with a life of all-round ease and attractiveness: Peace to all such! hut were there One whose fires True Genius kindles, and fair Fame inspires, Blest...please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease ... " 11 Ibid. 14-15. 31 The three were often reviled. In bis Amelia, Fielding omits to describe his... | |
 | Fredric V. Bogel - Fiction - 2001 - 280 pages
...and chafe? And swear not Addison himself was safe. Peace to all such! but were there One whose fires True Genius kindles, and fair Fame inspires, Blest...please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Shou'd such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the dirone, View him... | |
 | Manfred Pfister - Literary Collections - 2002 - 220 pages
...hless, whom Titan touch'd with purer Fire. Who hom with Talents, hred in Arts tu piease, Was form'd to write, converse, and live, with ease: Should such...the Turk, no Brother near the Throne: View him with scomful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate, for Arts that caus'd himself to rise; Damn with faint praise,... | |
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