 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 Pope, Esq: With Notes and Illustrations by Himself ... - Σελίδα 171των Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | 1796 - 500 σελίδες
...to commend, 205 Dreading ev'a foals, 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; 210 While wits and Templars ev'ry sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 σελίδες
...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 ; 210 While wits and Templars ev'ry sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise— Who... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 σελίδες
...suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers hesieg'd, And so obliging that he ne'er oblig'd; Like Cato give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; 810 While wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 562 σελίδες
...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; 213 While wits and Templars ev'ry sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 σελίδες
...Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools; by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging that he ne'er oblig'd ; Like Cato, give his little... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 σελίδες
...Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend - • • Dreading ev'n fools ; by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging that he ne'er oblig'd ; Like Cato, give his little... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 702 σελίδες
...Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fanlt, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Drrading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging that he ne'er oblig'd ; Like Cato, give... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 σελίδες
...Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fanlt, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading cv'n fools ; by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging that he ne'er oblig'd ; Like Cato, give his little... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 σελίδες
...Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging, that he ne'er oblig'd ; IJko Cato, give his little... | |
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