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... Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot - Página 46por Alexander Pope - 1885 - 51 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 páginas
...eyes, ; And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing...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... | |
| John Aikin - 1826 - 840 páginas
...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...strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike rescrv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading cv'n fools, by... | |
| George Crabb - 1826 - 768 páginas
...declare it in express terms. Hints are thrown out ; they are frequently characterized as broken ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. POPE. Suggestions are offered ; they are frequently termed idle or ill-grounded ; We must suggest to... | |
| Alexander Jamieson - 1826 - 320 páginas
...Aer ; tike : •» tope, bamn with faint praise. H assent with civil leer, And without sneenOK tench the rest to sneer, Willing to wound, [| and— yet afraid to strike, Just hrnt a fault, || and— hesitate dislike ; Alikf resolved to hlame, or to commend, A timorous foe,... | |
| Montgomery Robert Bartlett - 1828 - 426 páginas
...eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise, Blame with faint praise, assent with evil ear, ! And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer, Willing...strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike resolved to blame or recommend, A timerous foe, and a suspicious friend. Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1828 - 264 páginas
...eyes, And hate for arts that cause himself to rise : Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing...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... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 414 páginas
...And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; 5 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, . And without sneering teach the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, 16* Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous... | |
| John Walker - 1828 - 798 páginas
...to give a hint of their knowledge of uie French language; nav Pope has rhymed it to this sound : " Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieg'd, " And so obliging, that he ne'er oblig'd." Bat it was so far from having generally obtained, that Lord Chesterfield strictly enjoins his ion to... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1829 - 718 páginas
...eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise : Blame with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer : Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike ; .Tost hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike resolv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 826 páginas
...curse the Grecians in the seventh book, when they hesitate to accept Hector's challenge. Pope. Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend. Pope, Many clergymen write... | |
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