 | Jonathan Swift - 1813 - 324 pages
...rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no hrother near the throne jView him with scornful, yet with fearful eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise...praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teuch the rest to sneer : Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate... | |
 | William Taylor - 1813 - 356 pages
...concealed from others. 182 • The 1. inter shuns responsibility, the suggester claims gratitude. Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. Pope. AVe must suggest to the people in what hatred He still hath held them. Shakspeare; To intimate... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1814 - 310 pages
...perceived, too profoundly felt, and too unmercifully avenged. These are alluded to, when the Satirist sings, Damn with faint praise ; assent with civil leer ;...to strike; Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike, &c. * From Lord Egmont's MS. Collections. See the Addpnda to Kippis's Biographia Britanoica. r Accusations... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1814 - 494 pages
...ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And...hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; Damn with faiut praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Wilting to wound,... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 530 pages
...with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear like the Turk no brother near the 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 without sneering teach... | |
 | 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
...hruther near the throne, View him with scoroful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with...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 - 1819 - 718 pages
...figure. " Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near his throne, 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 sneering, teach... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...with ease : Should such a man, too fond to ndc alone, Bear, b'ke the Turk, no brother near the throne, line ; Who knows, but he whose hand the lightning forms, Who heaves old Ocean, and who timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading cv'n fools, by flatterers bcsieg'd, And so obliging,... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1820 - 388 pages
...attention. " Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like a Turk, no hrother near his throne ; View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And...hint a fault, || and — hesitate dislike ; Alike resolv'd to hlame, or to commend, . A timorous foe, () and — a suspicious friend : Dreading e'en... | |
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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... 
