 | Alexander Pope - 1836
...himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, others teach to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,...hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend, A iim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools ; by flatterers besieg'd ; And 8O obliging... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1838 - 304 str.
...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,...teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet affraid to strike; Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839
...throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; reserved to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools, by... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1839 - 306 str.
...throne ; View him with scornful, yet with jealnuaeyea, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise, Damn with faint praise, || assent with civil leer,...|| and — yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, j| and — hesitate dislike ; Alike resolved to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, |( and — a... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839
...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,...teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet affraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,... | |
 | George Campbell - 1840
...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,...dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous foe, H and — a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, || by flatterers besieged, And... | |
 | 1840
...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,...strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame or to commend, A timorous foe and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1840
...written. ' From Lord Egmont's MS. Collections.— Sec the Addenda to Kippis's Riographia Britannica. Damn with faint praise ; assent with civil leer ;...to strike; Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike, etc. Accusations crowded faster than the pen could write them down. Pope never composed with more warmth.... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1840 - 306 str.
...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 — yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, I) and — hesitate dislike ; Alike resolved to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, || and — a... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 807 str.
...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,...dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging,... | |
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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... 
