 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 - 1824 - 692 pages
...suspicious friend; Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging that he ne'er obliged ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; Whilst Wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise ; — —... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 498 pages
...was concerned ? Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; 210 While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise— NOTES.... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 498 pages
...concerned ? Bowles. Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; 210 While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — NOTES.... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...eivil kit, And, without sneering, teaeh the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, ehandler's nose ; " eommend, A timorous foe, and a suspieious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 pages
...suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging that lie ne'er obliged ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause | While wits and Templare every sentence raise. And wonder with a foolish face of praise— Who but must laugh, if such... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 414 pages
...leer, . And without sneering teach the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, 16* Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd...A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools, by Flatterers besieg'd, 10 And so obliging, that he ne'er oblig'd ; Like Cato, give his... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 418 pages
...civil leer, And without Sneering te'ach the rest to sneer ; Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislfke ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools, by Flatterers besieg'd, 10 And so obliging, that he ne'er oblig'd ; Like Cato, give his... | |
 | John Walker - English language - 1828 - 798 pages
...to give a hint of their knowledge of uie French language; nav Pope has rhymed it to this sound : " Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieg'd, " And so obliging, that he ne'er oblig'd." Bat it was so far from having generally obtained, that Lord Chesterfield strictly enjoins his ion to... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 826 pages
...Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend. Pope, Many clergymen write in so diminutive a manner, with such frequent blots and interlineations,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1831 - 384 pages
...to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools, by Batterers besieg'd, And so obliging that he ne'er oblig'd ;...senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; Whilst Wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise : — Who... | |
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