 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 694 páginas
...himself to rise ; 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 ; * Spence's Anec. p. 149. Singer's ed. Alike reserved to blame, > or to commend, A timorous foe, and... | |
 | Jacques Delille - 1824 - 474 páginas
...himself to rise ; 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, aud hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 páginas
...himself to rise ; Daum with faint praise, assent with eivil kit, And, without sneering, teaeh the rest e ; And whieh are next of kin to those Engender'd in a ehandler's nose ; " eommend, A timorous foe, and a suspieious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 páginas
...himself to rise ; 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 ; Alike reserved to blame or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools ; by... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 páginas
...himself to rise ; 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 ; Alike reserved to blame or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools, by... | |
 | John Aikin - 1826 - 840 páginas
...himself to rise ; 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 ; 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... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 414 páginas
...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...A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools, by Flatterers besieg'd, 10 And so obliging, that he ne'er oblig'd ; Like Cato, give his... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1828 - 264 páginas
...himself to rise : 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 ; Alike reserved to blame or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools, by... | |
 | Montgomery Robert Bartlett - 1828 - 426 páginas
...himself to rise, Blame with faint praise, assent with evil ear, ! And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer, Willing to wound, and yet afraid to 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... | |
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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... 
