 | Alexander Pope - 1890 - 562 páginas
...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,...foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatt'rers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato, give his little senate laws,... | |
 | 1796 - 500 páginas
...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, 205 Dreading ev'a foals, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging... | |
 | 1813 - 682 páginas
...is concealed from others. The hinter slinns responsibility ; the suggester claims gratitute. Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. Pope. We must suggest to the people ¡в what hatred He still hath held them. Sliaktipeure. To intimate... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 496 páginas
...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 e'en fools, by... | |
 | George Campbell - 1801 - 404 páginas
...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... | |
 | George Campbell - 1801 - 404 páginas
...fault, || and—hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous foe, || and—a suspicious friend; Dreading ev'n fools, |] by flatterers...besieged. And so obliging, || that he ne'er obliged *. With what a masterly hand are the colours in this picture blended; and how admirably do the different... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 498 páginas
...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 e'en fools, by... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 434 páginas
...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 um'rous foe, and a suspicious friend : Dreading c'cn fools, by... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 230 páginas
...Damn with faint 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 dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools ; by... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 páginas
...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, by... | |
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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... 
