 | 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce - 1854 - 352 pages
...inserted in the Epistle to Arbuthnot, which now forms the Prologue to the Satires : it is as follows ; "Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires...A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging that he ne'er oblig'd; Like Cato, give his little... | |
 | 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... | |
 | George William Frederick Howard Earl of Carlisle - Labor and laboring classes - 1856 - 640 pages
...; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with case : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like...dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1857 - 394 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 384 pages
...Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires, Bless'd with each talent and each art to please, And born...A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools ; by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging that he ne'er oblig'd ; Like Cato, give his little... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce - 1859 - 352 pages
...True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And bora to write, converse, and live with ease ; Should such...A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging that he ne'er oblig'd ; Like Cato, give his little... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 pages
...that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without tneering teach the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound and yet...commend, A timorous foe and a suspicious friend; Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And to obliging, that he ne'er obliged ; Like Cato, give his little... | |
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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... 
