 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...  Bell's Edition - Стр. 40авторы: John Bell - 1796Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | United States. Congress - 1853 - Страниц: 706
...regard and respect fe Mr. Madison. This, I confess, is following IDS direction of the poet, who says: " Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer; " And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer." But let us inquire if the President had any knowledge that Mr. Erskine had no full power: for if I... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - Страниц: 378
...elegant, easy, and keen. View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; 200 Damn with faint praise, assent...; Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to hlame or to commend; 205 A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - Страниц: 332
...himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, others teach to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,...hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend, A iim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools ; by flatterers besieg'd ; And 8O obliging... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - Страниц: 320
...throne, View him with scornfol, 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 the rest to sneer l Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - Страниц: 342
...in his nook, Observing little in his reverie, Yet saw this much, which he was glad to see. (1) [*' Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer." POPE on Addison.] ft 4 The ghost at least had done him this much good, In making him as silent as a... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - Страниц: 502
...him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; Эатп s smoking on the ground : E'en to the ships their conquering arms extend, And groans of s ; rVilling to wound, and yet afraid to strike, 'ust hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved... | |
 | 1837 - Страниц: 790
...in blushes, light that glads the earth." " Blight with a gesture — wither with a sneer." Bulwer. " Damn with faint, praise, — assent with, civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer." Pope. " Alas ! each slanderer bears a weapon No honest arm can baffle.1' On the principle "mum caique,"... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1838 - Страниц: 316
...throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; 5 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And,...teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet affraid to strike; Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1838 - Страниц: 338
...have acted relative to the translation of Homer, is an example that cannot fail to attract attention. Damn with faint praise, || assent with civil leer, , And without sneering teach the rest to sneer, v Willing to wound, ij and — yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, || and— hesitate dislike... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - Страниц: 510
...throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; reserved to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools, by... | |
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