Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike; Alike... The works of Samuel Johnson - Page 60by Samuel Johnson - 1818Full view - About this book
| 1732 - 202 pages
...each talent, and each art to pleafe ; And born to write, converfe, and live with eafe : Should fuch a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the TURK, no brother near the throne; View him with fcornful, yet with fearful eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himfelf to rife ; Damn... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1751 - 286 pages
...each talent and each art to pleafe, 195 And born to write, converfe, and live with eafe : Should fuch a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with fcornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himfelf to rife ; 200... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1751 - 288 pages
...each talent and each art to pleafe, 195 And born to write, converfe, and live with eafe : Should fuch a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with fcornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himfelf to rife ; 200... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1752 - 434 pages
...each talent and each art to pleafe, 195 And born to write, converfe, and Jive with eafe : Should fuch a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, No TE S. Dennis fo brutally attacked the Tragedy of Cato, he wrote the piece colled A narrative of... | |
| Robert Shiells - 1753 - 366 pages
...each talent, and each art to pleafe, And born to write, converfe, and live with eafe ; Should fuch a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no rival near the throne, View him with fcornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts, that caus'd... | |
| Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1754 - 354 pages
...with each talent and each art to pleafe, And born to write, converfe, and live with eafe: Should fuch a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne ; View him with fcornful,yet with fearful eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himfelf to rife ; Damn... | |
| Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1754 - 336 pages
...taleftt and each art to pleafe, And born to write, converfe, and live with eafe: Should fuch a mari ^ too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne; View him with fcornful,yet with fearful eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himfelf to rife ; Damn... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1757 - 440 pages
...each talent and each art to pleafe, 45 ' And born to write, converfe, and live with eafc : Should fuch a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne ; View him with fcornful, yet with fearful eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himfelf to rife ; r«... | |
| 1761 - 544 pages
...with each talent and each art to pleafe, And born to write, converfe, and live with eafe: Should fuch a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne; View him with fcornful, yet with fearful eyes, And hate for arts, that caused himfelf to rife j Damn... | |
| New and general biographical dictionary - 1761 - 534 pages
...with each talent and each art to plfeafe, And born to write, converfe, and live with eafe! Should fuch a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne; View him with fcornful, yet with fearful eyes, And hate for arts, that caus'd himfelf to rife j Damn... | |
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