 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 reserved to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious...  The Works of Alexander Popekesq., with Notes and Illustrations by Himself ... - Strona 170autor: Alexander Pope - 1824Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Henry Schroder - 1852 - Liczba stron: 450
...suspicious friend; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging, that he ne'er oblig'd; Like Cato, give his little Senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; While wits and templars ev'ry sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but... | |
 | Henry Schroeder - 1852 - Liczba stron: 424
...suspicious friend; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging, that he ne'er oblig'd; Like Cato, give his little Senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; While wits and templars ev'ry sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise— Who but must... | |
 | 1852 - Liczba stron: 874
...Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd in'd, And eyes fast fix'd he stood, as one who pray'd, Or some great matter ev'n fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged ; Like Cato, give his little... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - Liczba stron: 332
...wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame as to commend, A timorous foe and a suspicious friend...senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise ; Who but... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - Liczba stron: 360
...wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame as to commend, A timorous foe and a suspicious friend...senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise ; Who but... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - Liczba stron: 332
..., and yet afraid to strike , Just hint a fault , and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame as to commend, A timorous foe and a suspicious friend;...so obliging that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato give nis little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars every sentence... | |
 | 1853 - Liczba stron: 560
...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 e'en fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged ; Like Cato, give his little... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1853 - Liczba stron: 496
...dislike; Alike reserved to blame, and to commend, A timorous foe, or a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato, gives his little senate laws, And sits attentive to his own applause ; While wits and Templars every... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1854 - Liczba stron: 306
...wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame as to commend, A timorous foe and a suspicious friend...senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise ; Who but... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - Liczba stron: 338
...Alike reserved to blame, or to commend, 205 A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that...senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; 210 While wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who... | |
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