 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,...  Broome, Pope, Pitt, Thomson - Page 244edited by - 1810Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 pages
...fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent, and each art to please, 195 And born to write, converse, and live with ease :...scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; 200 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 340 pages
...fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent, and each art to please, 195 And born to write, converse, and live with ease :...scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise; 200 I Damn with' faint praise, assent with civil leer, I And, without sneering,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1854 - 314 pages
...True genius kindles and fair fame inspires, Blest with each talent and each art to please, And bom to write, converse, and live with ease ; Should such...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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 504 pages
...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,...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 pages
...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,...scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; 200 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 pages
...such ! But were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires, Blessed with each talent, and each art to please, And born to write,...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... | |
 | George William Frederick Howard Earl of Carlisle - Labor and laboring classes - 1856 - 640 pages
...; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with case : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like...eyes, 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 356 pages
...fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, aud live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule...scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; 200 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 474 pages
...: Blest with each talent, and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease j Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like...scornful, yet with jealous, eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise j Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1857 - 394 pages
...OP Anmsow. 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,...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... | |
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