 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 reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious...  An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ... - Page 236by Joseph Warton - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 pages
...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 reserv'd to blame, or to commend ; 205 A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools ; by flatterers besieg'd, And so... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...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 reserv'd to blame or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools; by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 pages
...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 reserv'd to blame, or to commend; ao» A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers hesieg'd, And so... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 562 pages
...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 reserv'd to blame, or to commend, 205 A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1808 - 702 pages
...dislike; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Drrading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging...his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applanse; While wita anoV templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise—... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 pages
...civil leer, And without sueering teach the rest to sueer , Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend - • • Dreading ev'n fools ; by flatterers besieg'd, And so... | |
 | 1809 - 402 pages
...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 reserv'd...and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatt'rers besieg'd, And M> obliging, that he ne'er oblig'd ; Like Cato, give hi* little senate lawn,... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...dislike; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading cv'n fools ; by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging that...his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applanse; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise—... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 546 pages
...strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike rescrv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools...Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive te his own applause ; 210 While wiU and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...leer, Ami, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging,... | |
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