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
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1854 - 306 Seiten
...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...rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame as to commend, A timorous... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1854 - 340 Seiten
...Blest with each talent, and each art to please, 195 And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like...eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise; 200 I Damn with' faint praise, assent with civil leer, I And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer;... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 Seiten
...Blest with each talent, and each art to please, 195 And born to write, converse, and live with ease : 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;... | |
| Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce - 1854 - 352 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... | |
| 1896 - 1040 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...eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; ])amn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering-, teach the rest to sneer... | |
| Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 Seiten
...with each talent, and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease Pope Pope 7 Away at once with love or jealousy! (Ill, iii) 137...cause, my soul. Let me not name it to you, you chast strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserved to blame, or to commend, A timorous... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1998 - 260 Seiten
...inspires; Blessed 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...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;... | |
| Ronald Paulson - 1998 - 292 Seiten
...gloss on Pope's character of Addison ("Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot" [1734]) as one who is accustomed to 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 reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous... | |
| Fredric V. Bogel - 2001 - 280 Seiten
...brother near the dirone, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for Arts that caus'd himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with...rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous... | |
| W. H. Auden - 2004 - 604 Seiten
...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...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 tim'rous... | |
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