 | John Bell - 1796 - 480 lehte
...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 ; 200 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach... | |
 | George Campbell - 1801 - 404 lehte
...sentences. 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 caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, || assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 230 lehte
...with ease ; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no rival near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, others... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 464 lehte
...whisperers, whose business it is to strangle all other offspring of wit in their birth." Vol. jrii. p. 300. View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes. And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 lehte
...a-crown, 180 Just writes to make his barrenness appear, And strains from hard-bound brains eight line* View him with scornful yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; 200 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 lehte
...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 praise, assent with civil leer^ And without sneering teach... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 lehte
...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 praise, assent with civil leer, And without sueering teach... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 702 lehte
...ease; Should snch a man, too fund to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, Vkw him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that cnus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 lehte
...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 cans'd himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 lehte
...ease: Should such a raan, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, @k - caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach... | |
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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, Alike... 
