 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 530 pages
...throne ; View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And...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... | |
 | 1817 - 398 pages
...claims; they 'are as £ull of envy as they are devoid of talent; they, in the words of Pope ; — . Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer. And...sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. RULES TO DISCOVER MARRIED COUPLES IN... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1849 - 638 pages
...throne, View him with scoroful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And,...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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1819 - 718 pages
...View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise : Blame with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without...; Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike resolv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous for, and a suspicious friend; Di-eading e'en fools, by... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; wenty and b A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading cv'n fools, by flatterers bcsieg'd, And so obliging,... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - English language - 1820 - 388 pages
...throne ; View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise. Damn with faint praise, |[ assent with civil leer,...hint a fault, || and — hesitate dislike ; Alike resolv'd to hlame, or to commend, . A timorous foe, () and — a suspicious friend : Dreading e'en... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1820 - 884 pages
...enough. It was not exactly what it had been described by an honourable gentleman opposite. They did not Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer. Theirs was certainly no praise at all ; and as certainly, nothing like civility ; but, as to sneers,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 402 pages
...throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And,...dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 452 pages
...jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; 200 Damn with faint praise, assent the civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to...dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, 205 A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; towards him, he had sent him the enclosed; which was the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 468 pages
...jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; 200 Damn with faint praise, assent the civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to...dislike; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, 205 A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend; NOTES. towards him, he had sent him the enclosed; which was... | |
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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... 
