Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent, and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk,... The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ... - Seite 125von Alexander Pope - 1830 - 442 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 Seiten
...taste, are what we and our companions re«. gard as having no peculiar relation to either of us. 14. Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like...scornful, yet with jealous eyes, , And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; 5 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without Sneering te'ach... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1828 - 264 Seiten
...; Bless'd with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like...scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that cause himself to rise : Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach... | |
| Montgomery Robert Bartlett - 1828 - 426 Seiten
...cautious and uniform. but Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and leveled by the roller." " Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like...scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise, Blame with faint praise, assent with evil ear, ! And without sneering, teach... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 414 Seiten
...throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; 5 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, ....rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, 16* Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 Seiten
...inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: n which they roasted meat, and had divers shops of...went from Westminster-stairs to Lambeth, and dined strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame or to commend, A timorous... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1830 - 420 Seiten
...and taste,-are what we and our companions regard as having no peculiar relation to' either of us. 14* Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like...scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts fhat caus'd himself to rise ; 5 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 312 Seiten
...and taste, are what we and our companions regard as having no peculiar relation to either of us. 10. Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like...scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; 5 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1835 - 378 Seiten
...View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; 200 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And...rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike ; Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to hlame or to commend; 205 A timorous... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 Seiten
...And born to write, converse, and live with case ; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Hear, rgos, wills our ruin here. Past are the days when happier Greece was hless'd, And all his favour, ; Эатп with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer... | |
| George Campbell - 1838 - 460 Seiten
...even the most copious and expressive language. For a specimen in this way take these lines of Pope : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone. Bear, like...scornful, yet 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... | |
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