 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
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1875 - 794 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. Those heads, as stomachs, are not sure the best, Which nauseate all, and nothing can digest.... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1876 - 840 pages
...civil leer. And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, But come, for thou, timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 576 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 : — Who... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1877 - 362 pages
...SHAKESPERE, Pericles. Fita. — 'Twas sad by FITS, by starte 'twas wild. COLLINS, The Patnons. Flatterers — By FLATTERERS besieg'd, And so obliging that he ne'er...senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause. — POPE, To Arbuthnot. — When FLATTERERS meet, the Devil goes to dinner. — DEFOE, Flattery. —... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 630 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 : — Who... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1877 - 464 pages
...suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n 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... | |
 | 1881 - 972 pages
...Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike referr'd to blame or to commend, 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 Catu give his little... | |
 | Great Britain - 1881 - 970 pages
...Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike referr'd to blame or to commend, 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... | |
 | Nineteenth century - 1881 - 972 pages
...Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike refcrr'd 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 oblig'd ; Like Cato give his little... | |
 | Yasmine Gooneratne - Literary Criticism - 1976 - 164 pages
...judgment swayed by fear and flattery till he can only Dreading ev'n fools, by Flatterers besieg'd, 207 And so obliging that he ne'er oblig'd; Like Cato,...Senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause. complexity, poised between amusement at what is and regret at what once was, and might have been Who... | |
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