 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
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1835 - 420 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 lim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools, by Flatterers besieg'd, 10 And so obliging,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 378 pages
...suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers hesieged, 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 — Who... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 332 pages
...civil leer, And, without sneering, others teach 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 iim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools ; by flatterers besieg'd ; And 8O obliging... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1838 - 316 pages
...leer, And, without sneering, 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, 10 A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading even fools, by Flatterers besie'g'd, And so obliging,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...leer, And, without sneering, 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, 10 A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading even fools, by Flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging,... | |
 | George Campbell - Theology - 1840 - 450 pages
...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, H and — a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, || by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, ||... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, o the south, I match'd this morsel out of timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...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,...flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...strike. Just hint a fault, and hesilate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous }s o obliged ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits... | |
 | 1914 - 964 pages
...string. Reading Pope is a somewhat similar exercise. The satisfaction we derive from s'ich a couplt t as: Like Cato give his little Senate laws. And sit attentive to his own applause is due half to its clear-cut exactitude. Pope at his deadliest Is so perfect an artist, so intent on... | |
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