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 - 1838 - 316 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 - 1839 - 510 Seiten
...; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : O strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame, or to commend, A timorous... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 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,... | |
| George Campbell - 1840 - 450 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... | |
| Alexander Jamieson - 1840 - 314 Seiten
...brother near his throne ; View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise, Damn with faint praise, || assent...sneer, Willing to wound. || and — yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, I) and — hesitate dislike ; Alike resolved to blame, or to commend, A... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1840 - 454 Seiten
...written. ' From Lord Egmont's MS. Collections.— Sec the Addenda to Kippis's Riographia Britannica. Damn with faint praise ; assent with civil leer ;...rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike; Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike, etc. Accusations crowded faster than the pen could... | |
| John Aikin - 1841 - 840 Seiten
...; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : uchsafes To call by vision, from his lather's caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach... | |
| George Campbell - 1845 - 444 Seiten
...language. For a specimen in this way take these lines of Pope : " Should such a man, too fond to rale alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne,...that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, II assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, || and... | |
| Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 838 Seiten
...afraid to go into the dark, when a man is not, because he knows there is no danger. Selden's Table Talk. Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer ; And...rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, u st hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. Pope. Pro. to Satires. Affrays (from affraier, to... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1846 - 320 Seiten
...converse, and live with ease ; Should such a mm, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no hrother near the throne, 'View him with scornful, yet with...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, A timorous... | |
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