 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...  The Law Student's Helper - Page 281903Full view - About this book
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1838 - 316 pages
...throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; 5 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet affraid to strike; Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that.caus'd himself to rise; 5 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet affraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd... | |
 | 1840 - 540 pages
...much as truth would allow ; yon have not perhaps learnt the art, as Mr Reid says in his title-page, io Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer. '. ii:i; ji; ' . * * It is difficult for ns to explain all this, and we should be sorry to make any... | |
 | 1840 - 372 pages
...throne, View him with 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 the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved... | |
 | George Campbell - 1840 - 450 pages
...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, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, || and yet — afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, || and — hesitate dislike ;... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1840 - 454 pages
...written. ' From Lord Egmont's MS. Collections.— Sec the Addenda to Kippis's Riographia Britannica. 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, etc. Accusations... | |
 | Hugo Reid - 1840 - 78 pages
...REGARDING THH INTENTION OF THE STEAM ENGINE, IN M. ARAGO'S HISTORICAL ELOGE OF JAMES WATT. BY HUGO REID. Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer. Fiat justitia. GLASGOW: ROBERT STUART & CO., INGRAM STREET ; W. TAIT, EDINBURGH ;— SIMPKIN, MARSHALL,... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1840 - 314 pages
...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 teach the rest to sneer, Willing to wound. || and — yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, I) and — hesitate dislike ;... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 pages
...throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; mine eyes, but not my heart HAGS. 1. I HAVE been, all day, looking after A raven, feeding upon Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd... | |
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