 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 to blame or to commend ; A timorous foe, and a suspicious...  The Twentieth Century - Pagina 2701896Vizualizare completă - Despre această carte
 | 1796 - 500 pagini
...to commend, 205 Dreading ev'a foals, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging that he ne'er oblig'd ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws. And sit attentive to his own applause; 210 While wits and Templars ev'ry sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 230 pagini
...suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools ; by flatterers besieg'd ; And so obliging, that he ne'er obligM. Like Cato give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; While wits and Templars ev'ry sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise. Who but must laugh, if such a man there... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 pagini
...suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools ; by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging that he ne'er oblig'd ; Like Cato give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; 210 While wits and Templars ev'ry sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise— Who... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pagini
...suspicious friend ; Dreading'ev'n fools, by flatterers besieg'd; And so obliging, that he ne'er oblig'd ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause, While wits and Templars ev'ry sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise—- Who but must laugh, if such a man... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pagini
...suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools; by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging that he ne'er oblig'd ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templan every sentence raise, And wonder -with a foolish face of praise— Who but must langh if such... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 pagini
...suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers hesieg'd, And so obliging that he ne'er oblig'd; Like Cato give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; 810 While wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 562 pagini
...suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging that he ne'er oblig'd ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; 213 While wits and Templars ev'ry sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 702 pagini
...suspicious friend ; Drrading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging that he ne'er oblig'd ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applanse; While wita anoV templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise—... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 pagini
...friend - • • Dreading ev'n fools ; by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging that he ne'er oblig'd ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applanse ; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise —... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pagini
...suspicious friend ; Dreading cv'n fools ; by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging that he ne'er oblig'd ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applanse; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise—... | |
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