 And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise; Damn with faint...  Recollections - Page 10by Samuel Rogers - 1859 - 229 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Wesley - 2001 - 588 pages
...the Performers had no Sight of the Piano Forte. ' Pope. Episde to Dr Arbiithnot (i735l- II. a0i a: 'Damn with faint praise. assent with civil leer. ] And without sneering. teach the rest to sneer. ' a9 Apr. * Not preserved: probably Horsley's reply to SW's 'inqnisitorial line' mentioned in the previnus... | |
 | Garry Wills - 2001 - 360 pages
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 | 钱定平 - 2002 - 430 pages
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 | Alexander Pope - 2003 - 308 pages
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 | William Harmon - 2003 - 566 pages
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 | David Fairer - 2003 - 328 pages
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 | Philip Olleson - 2003 - 394 pages
...counterbalanced by an Exuberance of Envy', before going on to quote Pope's couplet about critics who 'Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, / And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer'.9 When challenged about the review, Horsley not surprisingly denied any involvement with it,... | |
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