 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
 | George Canning, John Hookham Frere, George Ellis - 1890 - 458 strani
...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 sure, was vehement...then Pitt's words, you'll own, were rather strong. Both must be blamed, both pardoned;—'twas just so With Fox and Pitt full forty years ago; So Walpole,... | |
 | George Canning, John Hookham Frere, George Ellis - 1890 - 472 strani
...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. 200 " Fox, to be sure, was vehement and wrong : — But then Pitt's words, you'll own, were rather... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1891 - 312 strani
...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...But 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... | |
 | Wilfrid Ward - 1893 - 536 strani
...pretensions much as Canning did, and held them to be pretexts for the unreal many-sidedness which " notes with keen discriminating sight, black's not so black nor white so very white." A strong man, perhaps they felt, must be to some extent narrow. That gift of judging fairly and impartially... | |
 | 1894 - 916 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, Save, oh save me from the candid friend." FOOLISH JESTING. If I said, in idle raillery, that the silly... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 strani
...utterance, Stole from her sister Sorrow. g. TENNYSON — The Gardener's Daughter. L. 249. SIGHT. And finds 96 A. CANNING — New Morality. And for to se, and eek for to be seye. t. CHAUCER— Canterbury Tales.... | |
 | Cecil Headlam - 1897 - 348 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. . . . Give me the avow'd, the erect, the manly foe, Bold I can meet — perhaps may turn his blow ;... | |
 | Cecil Headlam - 1897 - 346 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. . . . Give me the avow'd, the erect, the manly foe, Bold I can meet — perhaps may turn his blow ;... | |
 | 1895 - 748 strani
...circumstances which form a background for the Puritan, we may see the picture in a changed aspect, and " Find with keen, discriminating sight, Black's not so black ; — nor white so very white." He had right on his side, but not all the right. The greater men of the period, whether Puritan or... | |
 | Sir John Arthur Ransome Marriott - 1903 - 172 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 pardoned ; 'twas just so With Fox and Pitt full forty years ago. So Walpole,... | |
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