 Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; 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...  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 275by Alexander Pope - 1904 - 505 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 524 pages
...hardly be refused." Why should he be jealous and splenetic only when Pope was concerned ? — Bowles. Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like...scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; 200 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering,... | |
 | Bengal council of educ - 1848 - 394 pages
...art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to live alone, Bear like the Turk, no brother near the throne,...scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach... | |
 | Bengal (India) - 1848 - 520 pages
...art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to live alone, Bear like the Turk, no brother near the throne,...scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1849 - 608 pages
...genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Bless'd with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease ; Should such...scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...works. r Amb. Philips translated a book called the Persian Toles, a book fall of fancy and imagination. Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like...scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach... | |
 | English periodicals - 1896 - 1040 pages
...True genius kindles and true fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease ; Should such...scornful yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; ])amn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering-, teach... | |
 | Great Britain - 1881 - 970 pages
...from that time to our own. Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no rival near the throne ; View him with scornful yet with...eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, others teach to sneer ; Willing... | |
 | 1881 - 972 pages
...from that time to our own. Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no rival near the throne; View him with scornful yet with jealous...eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn -with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, others teach to sneer ; Willing... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1998 - 260 pages
...True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blessed with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such...scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise; 200 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach... | |
 | Elizabeth M. Knowles - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1999 - 1160 pages
...sublimely bad, It is not poetry, but prose run mad. 'An Epistle to Dr Arbulhnot' ( i 734) 1. 187 7 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And...rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Jusl hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. n/ Addison 'An Epislle to Dr Arbulhnot' (1735) I.... | |
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