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" 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 Lives of the English Poets: cowley. Denham. Milton. Butler. Rochester ... - Page 49
by Samuel Johnson - 1858
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Faithful Memoirs of the Grubstreet Society. Now First Published by ..., Volume 1

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...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Satires, &c

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...
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The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volume 4

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...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Satires, &c

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...
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The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Time ..., Volume 5

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...
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The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volume 6

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...
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The Works of Jonathan Swift: Accurately Revised in Twelve Volumes ..., Volume 6

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...
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The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...

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«...
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A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an ..., Volume 1

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...
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A new and general biographical dictionary, Volume 1

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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