 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 страници
...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 as to commend, A timorous foe and a suspicious friend , Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieged,... | |
 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention, Harvey Fowler - 1853 - 860 страници
...of that eort has fallen from any one. He furthermore applied to me the lines from Pope:— " Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike." If the acquaintance of a number of years has left upon the mind of that gentleman an impression that... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 страници
...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,...dislike ; Alike reserved to blame, or to commend, 205 A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging,... | |
 | 1896 - 1040 страници
...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 and to command, A timorous foe and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieged,... | |
 | 1881 - 972 страници
...Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, others teach to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike refcrr'd to blame or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools ; by... | |
 | 1881 - 972 страници
...-with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, others teach to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike referr'd to blame or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools ; by... | |
 | 1881 - 970 страници
...Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, others teach to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike referr'd to blame or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools ; by... | |
 | 1900 - 738 страници
...wilh faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach thé rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserv'd to blâme, or to commend, A tira' rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools,... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 страници
...with faint praise, assent with civil leer. And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing t name it to you, you chaste stars! It is the cause....shed her blood, Nor scar that whiter skin of hers th timorous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging,... | |
 | Richard Jenkyns - 1992 - 526 страници
...with faint praise, assent with civil leer. And, without sneering, teaeh the rest to sneer. Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike. Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike . . . ('Epistle to Arbuthnot', 201-4) It was when Pope combined Ovidian verse technique with Horatian... | |
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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... 
