 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...  The Monthly Magazine - Pàgina 1191813Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1852 - 524 pàgines
...compass their ends, 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.f * " Latter Day Pamphleti." f p °Pe (Prologue to the Satires). Its lines are deeply indented... | |
 | 1852 - 516 pàgines
...compass their ends, 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.f Its lines are deeply indented and coarsely grained, and do not fall on pleasant places. In... | |
 | 1853 - 560 pàgines
...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,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 pàgines
...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 as to commend, A timorous foe and a suspicious friend , Dreading even fools,... | |
 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention, Harvey Fowler - 1853 - 860 pàgines
...of that eort has fallen from any one. He furthermore applied to me the lines from Pope:— " Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike." If the acquaintance of a number of years has left upon the mind of that gentleman an impression that... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pàgines
...laws, And greatly praised for doing murderous deeds. Pollok. 352 HESITATION. HIDE. HESITATION. WILLING to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserved to blame or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend. Pope. He would not... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce - 1854 - 352 pàgines
...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 reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading even fools,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 pàgines
...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, 205 A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading e'en... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1854 - 306 pàgines
...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 as to commend, A timorous foe and a suspicious friend , Dreading even fools,... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 pàgines
...with faint praise, assent with eivil leer, And without sneering, teaeh the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. Pope's Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot. Commentators eaeh dark passage shun, And hold their farthing eandle... | |
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