 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...  The Works of Alexander Pope - Seite 26von Alexander Pope - 1822Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 Seiten
...with jealous 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...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,... | |
 | George William F. Howard (7th earl of Carlisle.) - 1850 - 52 Seiten
...with jealous 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...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,... | |
 | John Keefe Robinson - 1850 - 162 Seiten
...whisper his opinion— but would not for the world have his name mentioned in the affair— " Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike." Thus the poison is set to work, and what was at first the veriest trifle, little or nothing, swells... | |
 | George William Frederick Howard Earl of Carlisle - 1851 - 54 Seiten
...with jealous 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...hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1851 - 348 Seiten
...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,...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... | |
 | 1881 - 972 Seiten
...himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, others teach to sneer ; 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... | |
 | 1881 - 970 Seiten
...himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, others teach to sneer ; 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... | |
 | 1881 - 972 Seiten
...himself to rise ; Damn -with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, others teach to sneer ; 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... | |
 | 1900 - 738 Seiten
...caus'd himself to rise; Damn wilh faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach thé rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to...hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserv'd to blâme, or to commend, A tira' rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 Seiten
...please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease Pope Pope 7 Damn with faint praise, assent with (Ill, iii) 137 It is the cause, it is the cause,...stars! It is the cause. Yet I'll not shed her blood, reserved to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading e'en fools, by... | |
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