 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,...  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ... - Page 125by Alexander Pope - 1830 - 442 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Isaac Disraeli - Authors, English - 1814 - 310 pages
...perceived, too profoundly felt, and too unmercifully avenged. These are alluded to, when the Satirist sings, Damn with faint praise ; assent with civil leer ;...rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike; Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike, &c. * From Lord Egmont's MS. Collections. See the... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 530 pages
...; 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...rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame, or to commend, A timorous... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1849 - 638 pages
...man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Tork, no hruther near the throne, View him with scoroful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused...rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserved to hlame or to commend, A timorous... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1819 - 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 ; Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike resolv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - English language - 1820 - 388 pages
...hrother near his throne ; View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise. Damn with faint praise, |[ assent...sneer. Willing to wound, || and — yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, || and — hesitate dislike ; Alike resolv'd to hlame, or to commend, .... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd , and who strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 402 pages
...; 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...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... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...inspires, Bless'd 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...rest to sneer; "Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserved to blame or to commend, A timorous... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 452 pages
...: and what deserved praise he would not deny him to the world ; and, as a proof of this disposition Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like...scornful, yet with 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 692 pages
...; 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...rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; * Spence's Anec. p. 149. Singer's ed. Alike reserved... | |
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