 | 1852 - 874 lehte
...throne. View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; \ A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging,... | |
 | Henry Schroder - 1852 - 430 lehte
...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...hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend; And sit attentive to his own applause; While wits and templars... | |
 | 1852 - 644 lehte
...It is alien from all these refined equivoques and dissembling sarcasms which, to compass their ends, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach...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 anatomizing... | |
 | 1852 - 390 lehte
...It is alien from all these refined equivoques and dissembling sarcasms which, to compass their ends, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach...to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. f « " Latter Day Pamphlet»." f p°Pe (Prologue to the Satires). Its lines are deeply indented and... | |
 | 1852 - 516 lehte
...It is alien from all these refined equivoques and dissembling sarcasms which, to compass their ends, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach...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... | |
 | 1896 - 1040 lehte
...View him with scornful yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; ])amn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without...strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame and to command, A timorous foe and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools, by... | |
 | 1900 - 738 lehte
...caus'd himself to rise; Damn wilh faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach thé rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to...hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserv'd to blâme, or to commend, A tira' rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 lehte
...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 lehte
...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... | |
 | Ronald Paulson - 1998 - 292 lehte
...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...hesitate dislike; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend . . . (11. 201-6) The crucial, most damning detail in the portrait... | |
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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... 
