 | George William Frederick Howard Earl of Carlisle - Slavery - 1851 - 54 pages
...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...dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging,... | |
 | William Draper Swan - Readers - 1851 - 442 pages
...brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with...strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools, by... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1851 - 348 pages
...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...Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, w1thout sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a... | |
 | English poetry - 1852 - 874 pages
...born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like 'd, he shook, till down they came, and drew, The whole...them, with burst of thunder Upon the heads of all ev'n fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged ; Like Cato, give his little... | |
 | Henry Schroeder - 1852 - 424 pages
...horn 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...dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging,... | |
 | Henry Schroder - Yorkshire (England) - 1852 - 430 pages
...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...dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend; And sit attentive to his own applause; While wits and templars... | |
 | Henry Schroder - Yorkshire (England) - 1852 - 450 pages
...born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Hear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with...sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and vet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend,... | |
 | Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with...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, by... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1853 - 332 pages
...brother near the throne ; View him with scornful yet with jealous eves, And hate, for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with...strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame as to commend, A timorous foe and a suspicious friend , Dreading even fools, by flatterers... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce - 1854 - 352 pages
...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...A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging that he ne'er oblig'd; Like Cato, give his little... | |
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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... 
