 Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent, and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk,...  A New Library of Poetry and Song - Page 818edited by - 1877 - 934 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 524 pages
...hardly be refused." Why should he be jealous and splenetic only when Pope was concerned ? — Bowles. Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like...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... | |
 | Bengal (India) - 1848 - 520 pages
...art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to live alone, Bear like the Turk, no brother near the throne,...to 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,... | |
 | Bengal council of educ - 1848 - 394 pages
...art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to live alone, Bear like the Turk, no brother near the throne,...to 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,... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1849 - 608 pages
...genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Bless'd with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease ; Should such...to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame, and to commend, A timorous foe, or a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools,... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...works. r Amb. Philips translated a book called the Persian Toles, a book fall of fancy and imagination. Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like...to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools,... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - English literature - 1849 - 478 pages
...art to please, CHAP. xIII.] TRAGEDY OF CATO. 239 And born to write, converse, and live with ease j Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like...civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneerj Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike... | |
 | George Campbell - English language - 1849 - 472 pages
...even the most copious and expressive language. For a specimen in this way take these lines of Pope : " Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like...that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, I assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, || and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 pages
...genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Bless'd with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such...rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, lust hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame or to commend, A timorous... | |
 | George William F. Howard (7th earl of Carlisle.) - 1850 - 52 pages
...True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and eaeh art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such...scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Blessed with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such...scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach... | |
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