 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 332 sivua
...live with ease ; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no rival near Uie throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes,...dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend, A iim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools ; by flatterers besieg'd ; And 8O obliging... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 320 sivua
...with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer l Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to hlame or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools, hy... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1838 - 316 sivua
...with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet affraid to strike; Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, 10 A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading even fools, by Flatterers besie'g'd, And so obliging,... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1838 - 338 sivua
...praise, || assent with civil leer, , And without sneering teach the rest to sneer, v Willing to wound, ij and — yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, || and— hesitate dislike ; Alike resolved to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, |[ and — a suspicious friend ; Breading e'en fools... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 sivua
...himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest / + / reserved to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools, by... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 sivua
...with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet affraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, 10 A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading even fools, by Flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging,... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1839 - 316 sivua
...himself 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 hint a fault, j| and — hesitate dislike ; Alike resolved to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, |( and — a... | |
 | George Campbell - 1840 - 450 sivua
...himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, || assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, || and yet — afraid...reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous foe, H and — a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, || by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, ||... | |
 | 1840 - 372 sivua
...himself 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 hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame or to commend, A timorous foe and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1840 - 462 sivua
...Britannica. 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, etc. Accusations crowded faster than the pen could write them down. Pope never composed with more warmth.... | |
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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... 
