 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,...  A New Library of Poetry and Song - Seite 818herausgegeben von - 1877 - 934 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 Seiten
...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...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 356 Seiten
...fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, aud live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule...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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 474 Seiten
...: Blest with each talent, and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease j Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like...eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise j Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer j Willing... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 Seiten
...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...to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserved to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading even fools,... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1857 - 424 Seiten
...genius kindles and fair fame inspires, Bless'd with each talent and each heart to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease, — Should...rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike j First hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame or to commend, — A timorous... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1859 - 268 Seiten
...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...to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserved to blame or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading ev'n Fools,... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1859 - 266 Seiten
...and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fund to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near...leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Mentioned the extreme uneasiness he felt, when he spent even a single day in a town where he did... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1859 - 268 Seiten
...And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Boar, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him...leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Mentioned the extreme uneasiness he felt, when he spent even a single day in a town where he did... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 504 Seiten
...alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eves, shed, And ; Alike reserved to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools,... | |
 | George Campbell - 1859 - 460 Seiten
...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...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, II and... | |
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