 Candour — which loves in see-saw strain to tell Of acting foolishly, but meaning well ; Too nice to praise by wholesale, or to blame, Convinced that all men's motives are the same ; And finds, with keen discriminating sight, Black's not so black, nor...  Original works and minor translations - Stran 153avtor: John Hookham Frere - 1874Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Richard Robert Madden - 1867 - 546 strani
...Convinced that all men's motives are the same, They find with keen, discriminating sight, Black's not .*o black, nor white so very white. Fox, to be sure, was vehement and wrong. But then Pitt's worda you'll own were rattier strong. Both must be blamed, both pardoned : 'twas just so With Fox nnd... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1867 - 866 strani
...nice to praise by wholesale, or to blame, Convinced that all men's motives are the same ; And finds, with keen discriminating sight, Black's not so black, nor white so very white. " Fox, to be snrc, was vehement and wrong ; But then Pitt's words, you'll own, were rattier strong. Both must be... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - 1867 - 548 strani
...molives are the same, They find with ke>^n, discriminating sight, Black's not ru block, nor white so wry white. Fox, to be sure, was vehement and wrong, But then Pitt's words you'll own wero ratlier strong. Both must be bltmed, both pardoned : "two* just 30 With Fox nil Pitt lull t'or:y... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - 1867 - 542 strani
...same, They find with keou, discriminating sight, Black's not >o black, nor white fo eery white. Pox, to be sure, was vehement and wrong, But then Pitt's words you'll own were rnt/ier strong. Both must be blamed, both pardoned : 'twas just so With Fox and Pitt full forty years... | |
 | L M. Hotson - 1868 - 72 strani
...dangers of the seas ; Within stone walls alone they braved The battle, not the breeze. 3. "And finds with keen discriminating sight, Black's not so black, nor white so very white." 27. 5. " Whom the winds waft where'er the billows roll, From the world's girdle to the frozen pole."... | |
 | 1871 - 632 strani
...(Macmillan.) In a time like the present, 90 well described in Canning's well-known couplet, which— " finds with keen, discriminating sight, Black's not so black, nor white so very white," — it is not to be wondered at that endeavours should be made to do justice to one to whom scant justice... | |
 | William Dougal Christie - 1873 - 64 strani
...its friends ; Candour which loves in see-saw strain to tell Of acting foolishly, but meaning well. Fox, to be sure, was vehement and wrong; But then Pitt's words, you'll own, were rather strong. Both must be blamed, both pardoned. I love the bold uncompromising mind, Whose principles are fixed,... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1873 - 452 strani
...nice to praise by wholesale, or to blame, Convinced that all men's motives are the came ; And finds, with keen, discriminating sight, BLACK'S not so black ; nor WHITE so very white. ' " Kox, to be sure, was vehement and wrong: But then PITT'S words, you'll own were rather strong.... | |
 | John Timbs - 1874 - 360 strani
...nice to praise by wholesale, or to blame, Convinced that all men's motives are the same ; And finds, with keen discriminating sight, Black's not so black,...then, Pitt's words, you'll own, were rather strong. Both must be blamed, both pardon'd ; 'twas just so With Fox and Pitt full forty years ago ! So Walpole,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1878 - 522 strani
...motives are the same ; And finds, with their discriminating sight, BLACK'S not so black ; — nor WHITK so very white. " Fox, to be sure, was vehement and...then, PITT'S words, you'll own, were rather strong. Both must be blamed, both pardon'd ; 'twas just so With Fox and PITT full forty years ago ! So WALPOLE,... | |
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