 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, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts...  The Civil service handbook of English literature - Page 117by Henry Austin Dobson - 1880 - 314 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 418 pages
...View him with 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 te'ach the rest to sneer ; Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislfke ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous foe,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1829 - 718 pages
...View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise : Blame with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without...rest to sneer : Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike ; .Tost hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike resolv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 826 pages
...curse the Grecians in the seventh book, when they hesitate to accept Hector's challenge. Pope. 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 foe, and a suspicious friend. Pope, Many clergymen write... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 806 pages
...curse the Grecians in the seventh book, when they hesitate to accept Hector's challenge. Pope. Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislikr • Alike reserved to blame or to commend, A ttm'rous foe, and a suspicious friend. Pope, Many... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 416 pages
...corse the Grecians in the seventh book, when they hfiilate to accept Hector's challenge. Pope. Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike Just hint a fault, and herilale dislike ; Alike reserved ta blame or to commend, A tim'ious foe, and a suspicious friend.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...brother near the throne,; View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused eth, and dined reserved to blame or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools, by... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused d feed on one vain patron, and enjoy The extensive blessing strike, lust hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame or to commend, A timorous... | |
 | 1864 - 998 pages
...admire the subtlety with which from page to page of the Story of the Guns Sir Emerson can manage to Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer. Fortunately for Sir William Armstrong, facts and printed evidence render him independent of Sir Emerson's... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1833 - 420 pages
...throne, View him with 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...A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools, by Flatterers besieg'd, 10 And so obliging, that he ne'er oblfg'd ; Like Cato, give his... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1833 - 312 pages
...throne, View him with 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 the rest to sneer; Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Willing to wound, and yet affraid to strike, Alike reserv'd... | |
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