 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike...  The New Monthly Magazine - Page 1461852Full view - About this book
 | 1817
...Łull of envy as they are devoid of talent; they, in the words of Pope ; — . Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer. And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. RULES TO DISCOVER MARRIED COUPLES IN... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1819
...scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise : Blame with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach...to strike ; Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike resolv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous for, and a suspicious friend; Di-eading e'en fools,... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - English language - 1820 - 345 pages
...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...strike, Just hint a fault, || and — hesitate dislike ; Alike resolv'd to hlame, or to commend, . A timorous foe, () and — a suspicious friend : Dreading... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 807 pages
...scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, end, From burning suns when livid deaths descend,...to one grave, whole nations to the deep ? " No," 't Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading cv'n fools,... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1820
...what it had been described by an honourable gentleman opposite. They did not Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer. Theirs was certainly no praise at all ; and as certainly, nothing like civility ; but, as to sneers,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 807 pages
...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...to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools,... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822
...scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach...to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserved to blame or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools;... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822
...jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; 200 Damn with faint praise, assent the civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to...to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, 205 A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend; NOTES. towards... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822
...jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; 200 Damn with faint praise, assent the civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to...to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, 205 A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; towards him,... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1824
...scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach...to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools... | |
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