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... Outlines of English Literature - Page 241by Thomas Budd Shaw - 1866 - 465 pagesFull view - About this book
| Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 pages
...ease ; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne ; View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And...to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1824 - 692 pages
...ease ; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne ; View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And...to rise ; 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... | |
| Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 694 pages
...ease ; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne ; View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And...to rise ; 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... | |
| William Henry Pyne - 1824 - 686 pages
...said Pope, much amused ; " quite epigrammatic." — " Not so bad!" said Swift; " fie upon you !" ' View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And...caused himself to rise ;' ' Damn with faint praise !' • "Fie — fie — fie!" Well, silence, gentlemen, friends and neighbours ; let us hear what he... | |
| Jacques Delille - 1824 - 474 pages
...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...wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, aud hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1824 - 498 pages
...much belter than lie used Pope." Addison's conduct to Swift was generous and noble : they were were View him with 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, teach the rest to sneer... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1824 - 494 pages
...used Swift much better than he used Pope." Addison's conduct to Swift was generous and noble : they View him with 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, teach the rest to sneer... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1824 - 498 pages
...used Swifi much better than he used Pope." Addison's conduct to Swift was generous and noble: they View him with 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, teach the rest to sneer ;... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, world's victor stood subdued by sound! The pow'r of music all our hea caus'd himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer. And, without sneering, teach... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pages
...; ; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, i >Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, ; And...to rise ; 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... | |
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