 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 692 sidor
...throne ; View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And...to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; * Spence's Anec. p. 149. Singer's ed. Alike reserved to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 sidor
...throne; View him with scornful yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And...hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools ; by flatterers besieged, And so obliging... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 sidor
...throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, ; And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 sidor
...throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1828 - 264 sidor
...throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that cause himself to rise : Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 sidor
...throne,; View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; z A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 420 sidor
...throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; 5 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And...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, by... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 378 sidor
...been regarded as one of the finest specimens of the writer's sarcasm, equally elegant, easy, and keen. View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And...a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to hlame or to commend; 205 A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 sidor
...throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And...dislike ; Alike reserved to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging,... | |
 | 1840 - 372 sidor
...throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And,...hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame or to commend, A timorous foe and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obligmg... | |
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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... 
