 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...  History of John Bull. Essays. Poetry - Stran 419avtor: Jonathan Swift - 1801Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 312 strani
...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, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Willing to wound, and yet affraid to strike, Alike reserv'd... | |
 | bart Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges - 1834 - 468 strani
...never heard it : but I had to encounter cold, freezing, palsying looks ; and every one knew how to Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ! These assertions will be deemed very querulous; but if they are true, the epithet is not applicable... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1853 - 706 strani
...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... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1835 - 420 strani
...throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; 6 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And...dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A lim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools, by Flatterers besieg'd, 10 And so obliging,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 378 strani
...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...; 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 - 332 strani
...rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no rival near Uie throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise...praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, others teach to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 320 strani
...hrother near the throne, View him with scornfol, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with...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 - 342 strani
...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 - 502 strani
...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 - 790 strani
...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,"... | |
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