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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... "
Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Prefaces - Page 373
by John Aikin - 1826 - 807 pages
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Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson ...

John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Sear, like the Turk, no brother near the ihrone, lo sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid lo strike. Just hint a fault, and hesilate dislike ; Alike...
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Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson ...

John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near oud, the messenger of morn j Ere yet the shadows fly,...the tuneful nations. Every copse Deep-tangled, tre tench the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate...
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Wit and Humor

Leigh Hunt - Humor - 1846 - 282 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 e'en fools, by...
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Wit and Humour, Selected from the English Poets: With an Illustrative Essay ...

Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 386 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 e'en fools, by...
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The works of Alexander Pope, with notes and illustrations, by ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1847 - 546 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 even fools, by...
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The works of Alexander Pope, with notes and illustrations, by ..., Volume 4

Alexander Pope - 1847 - 524 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 even fools,...
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Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Consisting of Elegant Extracts ..., Volume 1

Quotations, English - 1847 - 526 pages
...rails and threats, And all the mischief that he meant, Does, like the rattlesnake, prevent. BUTLER. 12. Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And,...to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. POPE. 13. Before her face her handkerchief she spread, To hide the flood of tears she did not shed....
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Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Consisting of Elegant Extracts ..., Volume 1

Quotations, English - 1847 - 540 pages
...and threats, ^ And all the mischief that he meant, Does, like the rattlesnake, prevent. BUTLER. 12. Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And,...afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate disk'ke. POPE. 18. Before her face her handkerchief she spread, To hide the flood of tears she did...
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Scholarship examinations of 1846/47 (-1853/54).

Bengal council of educ - 1848 - 394 pages
...What was the immediate cause of disagreement between him and Pope ? Explain the following lines : " Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And...to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged. Whilst wits and templars every sentence raise And wonder with...
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General Report on Public Instruction, in the Lower Provinces of the Bengal ...

Bengal (India) - 1848 - 520 pages
...What was the immediate cause of disagreement between him and Pope ? Explain the following lines : " Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And...to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. ******* And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged. ******* Whilst wits and templars every sentence raise...
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