 And born to write, converse, and live 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 caus'd himself to rise; Damn with faint...  La Belle Assemblée - Pàgina 151809Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | George Campbell - 1841 - 416 pàgines
...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...|| and yet — afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, jj and — hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame, or to commend, A lim'rous foe, || by flatterers... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 pàgines
...Sear, like the Turk, no brother near the ihrone, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And 843 lo sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid lo strike. Just hint a fault, and hesilate dislike ; Alike... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 830 pàgines
...Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And d sings Amid the dawning clouds, and from their haunts...the tuneful nations. Every copse Deep-tangled, tre tench the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate... | |
 | George Campbell - 1845 - 444 pàgines
...scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, II assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach...hint a fault, || and — hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame or to commend, A tim'rous foe, I! by flatterers besieged, And so obliging || that... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 838 pàgines
...afraid to go into the dark, when a man is not, because he knows there is no danger. Selden's Table Talk. Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer ; And...rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, u st hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. Pope. Pro. to Satires. Affrays (from affraier, to... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pàgines
...with each talent, and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease Pope Pope 7 Away at once with love or jealousy! (Ill, iii) 137...stars! It is the cause. Yet I'll not shed her blood, reserved to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading e'en fools, by... | |
 | Richard Jenkyns - 1992 - 526 pàgines
...of multiple antitheses: Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer. And, without sneering, teaeh the rest to sneer. Willing to wound, and yet afraid...to strike. Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike . . . ('Epistle to Arbuthnot', 201-4) It was when Pope combined Ovidian verse technique with Horatian... | |
 | Richard Hoggart - 380 pàgines
...come out straight; the CVCP is to be talked to about an 'apparent' lack of accountability. Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike; The half-hidden message of the paragraph is a double one: that accounting is indeed not being exercised... | |
 | Ronald Paulson - 1998 - 292 pàgines
...gloss on Pope's character of Addison ("Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot" [1734]) as one who is accustomed to Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And...to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend . . . (11. 201-6) The crucial, most damning detail in the portrait of Sir Roger is the last: "but [a]... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1998 - 260 pàgines
...throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise; 200 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 ev'n fools, by... | |
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