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 - English poetry - 1872 - 168 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...suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er oblig'd; Like Cato, give his little senate laws. And sit attentive... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1872 - 192 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...suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er oblig'd; Like Cato, give his little senate laws. And sit attentive... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1872 - 744 pages
...suspicious friend; Dreading e'en 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 — Who... | |
| Alexander KENNEDY (Manager of the Union Bank of Australia.) - 1873 - 250 pages
...with ease. Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no rival near his throne, Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ? These lines well characterise Sir George Grey's long and eventful administration in New Zealand.... | |
| Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1873 - 590 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 i A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading ev'n fools, by Flatterers besieg"d, And so... | |
| Austin Dobson - Authors, English - 1874 - 332 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...suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by Flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er oblig'd ; t » Miscellaneous Writings, 1872, i. 43. t ie The... | |
| John Bartlett - Quotations - 1874 - 798 pages
...Epnde to Dr. A1txtthno1 continued.] By flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging that he ne'er oblig\l ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause. Line 207. Who but must laugh, if such a man there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ? Lint... | |
| John Bartlett - Quotations - 1875 - 890 pages
...most, dis praises. P. Fletcher, The Purple Island. Canto vii. Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot continued.] By flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging that he ne'er...senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause. Lint 207. Who but must laugh, if such a man there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ? Line... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1875 - 584 pages
...suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging that IIP ne' er obliged ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applan-e ; Whilst wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise... | |
| Jakob Olaus Løkke - 1875 - 556 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; Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato, give his little... | |
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