 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
 | George Campbell - English language - 1838 - 460 pages
...alone. Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes. And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn...suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, || by flatterers beseiged. And so obliging, || that he ne'er obliged". . With what a masterly hand are the colours in... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1838 - 316 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,...teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet affraid to strike; Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - English language - 1838 - 338 pages
...have acted relative to the translation of Homer, is an example that cannot fail to attract attention. Damn with faint praise, || assent with civil leer, , And without sneering teach the rest to sneer, v Willing to wound, ij and — yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, || and— hesitate dislike... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - English language - 1839 - 316 pages
...... . 4 Bear, like a Turk, no brother near his throne ; View him with scornful, yet with jealnuaeyea, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise, Damn...|| and — yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, j| and — hesitate dislike ; Alike resolved to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, |( and — a... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused * / * / ) / reserved to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools, by... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 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,...teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet affraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,... | |
 | Arts - 1840 - 540 pages
...much as truth would allow ; yon have not perhaps learnt the art, as Mr Reid says in his title-page, io Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer. '. ii:i; ji; ' . * * It is difficult for ns to explain all this, and we should be sorry to make any... | |
 | George Campbell - Theology - 1840 - 450 pages
...alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne. View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn...reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous foe, H and — a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, || by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, ||... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - English language - 1840 - 314 pages
...alone, Bear, like a Turk, no brother near his throne ; View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise, Damn...|| and — yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, I) and — hesitate dislike ; Alike resolved to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, || and — a... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1840 - 454 pages
...written. ' From Lord Egmont's MS. Collections.— Sec the Addenda to Kippis's Riographia Britannica. Damn with faint praise ; assent with civil leer ;...to strike; Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike, etc. Accusations crowded faster than the pen could write them down. Pope never composed with more warmth.... | |
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