 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
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 416 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 e'en fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - Humor - 1846 - 282 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 e'en fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 546 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 ; — •'... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 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...A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging, that he ne'er oblig'd ; Like Cato, give his little... | |
 | George William F. Howard (7th earl of Carlisle.) - 1850 - 52 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 tim'rous foe, and a supicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, Ъу flatterers besieg'd, Like Cato, give his little Senate... | |
 | Henry Schroder - Yorkshire (England) - 1852 - 430 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...commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend; And sit attentive to his own applause; While wits and templars ev'ry sentence raise, And wonder with... | |
 | English poetry - 1852 - 874 pages
...civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, which when Samson Felt in his arms, with head awhile inclin'd, And eyes fast fix'd timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1853 - 384 pages
...Wishing 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. Dreading ev'n Fools, by Flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged: Who, if two Wits on rival Themes contest, Approves... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 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. He would not with a peremptory tone Assert the nose upon his face his own; With hesitation admirably... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce - 1854 - 352 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 even fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging... | |
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