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... Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot - Página 46de Alexander Pope - 1885 - 51 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
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...105 A timorous foe, and a fufpicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by Flatterers bei'.eg'd, And fo obliging, that he ne'er oblig'd ; Like Cato, give his little Senate laws, And fit attentive to his own applaufe ; 210 "While Wits and Templars every fentence raife, And wonder with... | |
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...set; A timorous foe, and a fufpicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by Flatterers befieg'd, And fo obliging, that he ne'er oblig'd ; Like Cato, give his little Senate laws, And fit attentive to his own applaufe; 2IO While Wits and Templars every fentence raife, And wonder with... | |
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| 1796 - 500 páginas
...And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; 20* Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer; Willing...dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, 205 Dreading ev'a foals, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging that he ne'er oblig'd ; Like Cato, give... | |
| 1796 - 762 páginas
...greunö an bie iöetfe im 'Prolog ju ^)ope'¿ (Satiren: Damn with bint praise, assent with civil leer, And without Sneering teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, bit hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. ЗПап nennt iejt oOgemriit аи 23erfofJ«t 6e<... | |
| 1813 - 682 páginas
...is concealed from others. The hinter slinns responsibility ; the suggester claims gratitute. Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. Pope. We must suggest to the people ¡в what hatred He still hath held them. Sliaktipeure. To intimate... | |
| George Campbell - 1801 - 404 páginas
...And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, || assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing...dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous foe, || and — a suspicious friend; , . Dreading ev'n fools, |] by flatterers besieged,... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 498 páginas
...eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer: Willing...hesitate dislike; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend: Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging,... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 496 páginas
...eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer : Willing...dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend: Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging,... | |
| George Campbell - 1801 - 404 páginas
...eyes, And hate for arts that caused 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 reserv'd to blame, or... | |
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