 And born to write, converse, and live with ease ; Should such a man too fond to rule alone, Bear like the Turk, no brother near the throne; View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise; Damn with faint praise,...  Broome, Pope, Pitt, Thomson - Page 244edited by - 1810Full view - About this book
 | John Bell - 1807 - 562 pages
...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 sneer; Willing...dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, 205 A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 pages
...Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sueering teach the rest to sueer , Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault,...flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging that he ne'er oblig'd ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applanse ; While wits and templars... | |
 | 1809 - 402 pages
...Aad hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing...dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatt'rers besieg'd, And M> obliging,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, reservVl to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicions friend ; Dreadilig cv'n Fools, by... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 220 pages
...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....dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools ; by flatterers besieg"d; And so obliging,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1813 - 384 pages
...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 sneer.' Willing...a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to hlame or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend : Dreading e'en fools hy flatterers hesieg'd,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1813 - 324 pages
...caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teuch the rest to sneer : Willing to wound, and yet afraid...a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to hlame or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend : Dreading e'en fools hy flatterers hesieg'd,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 516 pages
...Cobbler of Preston.—H. + Verse of Dr. Ev,—H. Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer; Willing...dislike; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend: Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Authors, English - 1814 - 310 pages
...These are alluded to, when the Satirist sings, Damn with faint praise ; assent with civil leer ; And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing...to strike; Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike, &c. * From Lord Egmont's MS. Collections. See the Addpnda to Kippis's Biographia Britanoica. r Accusations... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1814 - 494 pages
...Damn with faiut praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Wilting to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault,...dislike; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; preading even fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And 90 obliging,... | |
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