 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 Turk,...  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 292by Alexander Pope - 1869 - 485 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Campbell - 1840 - 450 pages
...even the most copious and expressive language. For a specimen in this way take these lines of Pope : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like...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... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 pages
...chafe ! And swear, not Addison himself was safe. Peace to all such ! but were there one whose Sires o 'scap'd the flood As to forsake the living God,...High vouchsafes To call by vision, from his lather's caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 830 pages
...Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Slest star, L'nseen before in Heaven, proclaims him come ; And zuides the eastern sages, who inquire Hs caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, tench... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 pages
...one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art lo ~ m Sear, like the Turk, no brother near the ihrone, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And... | |
 | George Campbell - 1845 - 444 pages
...language. For a specimen in this way take these lines of Pope : " Should such a man, too fond to rale alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne,...that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, II assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, || and... | |
 | 1883 - 798 pages
...was he admired, that even his most unfriendly contemporaries, after his death, declared him a man — "Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease." The reader will no doubt be familiar with the joint names of Tate and Brady ; why the invariable preference... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 410 pages
...and chafe, And swear not Addison himself was safe. Peace to all such ! But were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Blest...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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 282 pages
...a Tate. How did they fume, and stamp, and roar, and chafe, Aud swear not Addison himself was safe. Blest with each talent and each art to please, And...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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 290 pages
...a Tate. How did they fume, and stamp, and roar, and chafe, Aud swear not Addison himself was safe. Blest with each talent and each art to please, And...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... | |
 | 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...eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; 200 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer... | |
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