 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...  The Monthly Magazine - Stran 1191813Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | George William F. Howard (7th earl of Carlisle.) - 1850 - 52 strani
...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 to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a supicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools,... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 strani
...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 to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools,... | |
 | John Keefe Robinson - 1850 - 162 strani
...whisper his opinion— but would not for the world have his name mentioned in the affair— " Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike." Thus the poison is set to work, and what was at first the veriest trifle, little or nothing, swells... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1851 - 442 strani
...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 reserved to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools,... | |
 | George William Frederick Howard Earl of Carlisle - 1851 - 54 strani
...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 to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools,... | |
 | 1852 - 874 strani
...with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing upport, He, unsuspicious, led him ; which when Samson Felt in his arms, wit ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools,... | |
 | 1852 - 390 strani
...compass their ends, 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. f « " Latter Day Pamphlet»." f p°Pe (Prologue to the Satires). Its lines are deeply indented and... | |
 | Henry Schroeder - 1852 - 424 strani
...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 to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading ev'n fools,... | |
 | Henry Schroder - 1852 - 430 strani
...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 to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend; And sit attentive... | |
 | 1852 - 644 strani
...compass their ends, 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. f Its lines are deeply indented and coarsely grained, and do not fall on pleasant places. In anatomizing... | |
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