 | Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with...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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1853 - 332 pages
...brother near the throne ; View him with scornful yet with jealous eves, And hate, for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with...strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame as to commend, A timorous foe and a suspicious friend , Dreading even fools, by flatterers... | |
 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention, Harvey Fowler - Constitutional conventions - 1853 - 854 pages
...considered language, I was reminded of some lines of Pope, descriptive of the character of Addison :— 41 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And...to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike." He did not say in so many words that Boston was a mercenary encampment of selfish moneyseekers. He... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce - 1854 - 352 pages
...and live with ease ; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous...strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading even fools, by... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1854 - 306 pages
...brother near the throne ; View him with scornful yet with jealous eyes, And hate, for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with...strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame as to commend, A timorous foe and a suspicious friend , Dreading even fools, by flatterers... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 pages
...View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; 200 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And,...strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame, or to commend, 205 A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading e'en fools,... | |
 | George William Frederick Howard Earl of Carlisle - Labor and laboring classes - 1856 - 640 pages
...and live with case : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 pages
...brother near the throne: View him with scornful yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise,; Damn with faint praise, assent with...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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 504 pages
...brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous, eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with...strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 pages
...View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; 200 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And,...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... | |
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Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease ; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear like the Turk no brother near the throne ,View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts... 
