 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 320 pages
...with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer l Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to hlame or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools, hy flatterers hesieged,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 502 pages
...And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; rVilling to wound, and yet afraid to strike, 'ust s then employ your thought, In such distress. If council profft aught ; Arm A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1838 - 316 pages
...eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; 5 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil 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,... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - English language - 1838 - 338 pages
...praise, || assent with civil leer, , And without sneering teach the rest to sneer, v Willing to wound, ij and — yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, || and— hesitate dislike ; Alike resolved to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, |[ and — a suspicious friend ; Breading e'en fools... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, /(+ / + / A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging,... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - English language - 1839 - 316 pages
...jealnuaeyea, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise, Damn with faint praise, || assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer, » Willing...|| and — yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, j| and — hesitate dislike ; Alike resolved to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, |( and — a... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...eyes, And hate for arts that.caus'd himself to rise; 5 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil 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,... | |
 | George Campbell - Theology - 1840 - 450 pages
...And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, || assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing...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,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1840 - 454 pages
...Sec the Addenda to Kippis's Riographia Britannica. Damn with faint praise ; assent with civil leer ; And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing...to strike; Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike, etc. Accusations crowded faster than the pen could write them down. Pope never composed with more warmth.... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - English language - 1840 - 314 pages
...eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise, Damn with faint praise, || assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer, Willing...|| and — yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, I) and — hesitate dislike ; Alike resolved to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, || and — a... | |
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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... 
