Candour, which spares its foes, nor e'er descends With bigot zeal to combat for its friends ; Candour, which loves in see-saw strain to tell Of acting foolishly, but meaning well; Too nice to praise by wholesale or to blame, Convinced that all men's motives... Horace, with Engl. notes by J.E. Yonge - Page 230by Quintus Horatius Flaccus - 1866Full view - About this book
| Europe - 1799 - 678 pages
...CANDOUR,—which spares its foes ;—nor e'er descends With bigot zeal to combat for its friends. CANDOUR,—which loves in see-saw strain to tell Of acting foolishly,...well; Too nice to praise by wholesale, or to blame, Convinc'd that all men's motives are the same;—- And finds, with keen disciiminating sight, BLACK'S... | |
| English poetry - 1800 - 270 pages
...party's headlong rage. J CANDOUR, — which spares its foes ;— nor e'er descends •With bigot zeal to combat for its friends. CANDOUR, — which loves...finds, with keen discriminating sight, BLACK'S not jo black; — nor WHITE soveiy white. 100 " Fox, to be sure, was vehement and wrong : — " But then... | |
| Anti-Jacobin The - 1801 - 276 pages
...softens party's headlong rage. CANDOUR, — which spares its foes; nor e'er descends With bigot zeal to combat for its friends. CANDOUR, — which loves...BLACK'S not so black ; — nor WHITE so very white. 200 " Fox, to be sure, was vehement and wrong : — " But then Pitt's words, you'll own, were rather... | |
| School - Satire, English - 1801 - 450 pages
...nor e'er descends With bigot zeal to combat for its friends; CANDOUR, which loves in see-saw strain1 to tell Of acting foolishly '$ but meaning well; Too...with keen discriminating sight, BLACK'S not so black ; norwHiTEWVtfry white. 200 " Fox, to be sure, was vehement and wrong; " But then Pitt'swords, you'll... | |
| 1801 - 448 pages
...which softens party's headlong rage. CANDOUR, which spares its foes; nor e'er descends With bigot zeal to combat for its friends. CANDOUR, which loves in...see-saw strain to tell Of acting foolishly, but meaning we//} Too nice to praise by wholesale, or to blame, Convinced that all men's motives are the same;... | |
| 1858 - 620 pages
...rage. CANDOUR, — which spares its foes ; nor e'er descends With bigot zeal to combat for its friend?. CANDOUR, — which loves in see-saw strain to tell...BLACK'S not so black ; — nor WHITE so very white. ' " Fox, to be sure, was vehement and wrong : ' But then, PITT'S words, you'll own, were rather strong.... | |
| Europe - 1803 - 674 pages
...zeal to combat for its friends. CANDOUR,—which loves in see-saw strain to tell Of acting foolisbly, but meaning well; Too nice to praise by wholesale, or to blame, Convinc'd that all men's motives are the same ;— And finds, witli keen discriminating sight* BLACK'S... | |
| Anti-Jacobin The - 1807 - 258 pages
...softens party's headlong rage. CANDOUR,— which spares its foes ; — nor e'er descends With bigot zeal to combat for its friends. CANDOUR, — which loves...discriminating sight, BLACK'S not so black; — nor WHITE sovery white, aoo " Fox, to be sure, was vehement and wrong : — " But then Pitt's words you'll own... | |
| 1810 - 492 pages
...which softens party's headlong rage, Candour, which spares its foes, nor e'er descends With bigot zeal to combat for its friends. Candour, which loves in...well, Too nice to praise by wholesale, or to blame, Convine'd that all men's motives are the same, And finds, with keen discriminating sight, Black's not... | |
| England - 1826 - 952 pages
...softens party's headlong rage ; CANJJOUH — which spares its foes, nor e'er descendí With bigot zeal to combat for its friends. • CANDOUR — which loves in see-saw strain to tell Ofaciingjootiihly, but meaning well,' Too nice to praise by wholesale, or to blame, Convinced that... | |
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