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
| Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 386 Seiten
...; 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...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... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 290 Seiten
...safe. 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...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... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 282 Seiten
...safe. 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...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 Pope - 1847 - 546 Seiten
...; 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...rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame, or to commend, A timorous... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1847 - 524 Seiten
...hardly be refused." Why should he be jealous and splenetic only when Pope was concerned ? — Bowles. Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like...eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; 200 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer... | |
| 1847 - 526 Seiten
...rails and threats, And all the mischief that he meant, Does, like the rattlesnake, prevent. BUTLER. 12. 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. POPE. 13. Before her face her handkerchief she spread,... | |
| 1847 - 540 Seiten
...and threats, ^ And all the mischief that he meant, Does, like the rattlesnake, prevent. BUTLER. 12. 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 disk'ke. POPE. 18. Before her face her handkerchief she spread,... | |
| Bengal council of educ - 1848 - 394 Seiten
...art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to live alone, Bear like the Turk, no brother near the throne,...rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame, or to commend, A timorous... | |
| Bengal (India) - 1848 - 520 Seiten
...art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to live alone, Bear like the Turk, no brother near the throne,...rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame, or to commend, A timorous... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1848 - 642 Seiten
...rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no hrother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealons eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise...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,... | |
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