 And born to write, converse, and live with ease ; Should such a man too fond to rule alone, Bear like the Turk, no brother near the throne; View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise; Damn with faint praise,...  Broome, Pope, Pitt, Thomson - Pagina 244a cura di - 1810Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | 1847 - 540 pagine
...Does, like the rattlesnake, prevent. BUTLER. 12. Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing...afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate disk'ke. POPE. 18. Before her face her handkerchief she spread, To hide the flood of tears she did... | |
 | Bengal council of educ - 1848 - 394 pagine
...him and Pope ? Explain the following lines : " 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. And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged. Whilst wits and templars every sentence raise And wonder with... | |
 | Bengal (India) - 1848 - 520 pagine
...him and Pope ? Explain the following lines : " 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. ******* And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged. ******* Whilst wits and templars every sentence raise... | |
 | George Campbell - 1849 - 472 pagine
...And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, I assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing...hint a fault, || and — hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame or to commend, A tim'rous foe, || by flatterers besieged, And so obliging || that... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1849 - 608 pagine
...And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing...strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame, and to commend, A timorous foe, or a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools, by... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pagine
...And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing...strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools, by... | |
 | Elias Lyman Magoon - 1849 - 300 pagine
...lines of Pope, wherein he denounces those who " Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing...strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike." Often are the most painful wrongs inflicted through the medium of covert inuendoes and malignant insinuations.... | |
 | George William F. Howard (7th earl of Carlisle.) - 1850 - 52 pagine
...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...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... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pagine
...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...dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1851 - 348 pagine
...for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, w1thout sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound,...A timorous 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... | |
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