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 Philosophy of Rhetoric - Page 317by George Campbell - 1801Full view - About this book
| Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...each talent and each art to plcafe, And born to write, convcrfc, and live with cafe : • Should fuch a man. too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with fcornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himlelf to rife ; Damn with faint praife,... | |
| 1796 - 762 pages
...^тафе/ erinnec» íe ein greunö an bie iöetfe im 'Prolog ju ^)ope'¿ (Satiren: Damn with bint praise, assent with civil leer, And without Sneering teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, bit hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. ЗПап nennt iejt oOgemriit аи 23erfofJ«t... | |
| Alexander Pope - English literature - 1797 - 472 pages
...midlt of his engagements on the fame fubjeft, and by a creature of Mr. Addifon's, made Should fuch a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, Alike NOTES. made him fufpeft this to be another maft from the fame quiver : And after a diligent enquiry,... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 498 pages
...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...near the throne ; View him with scornful, yet with fearful eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 496 pages
...: 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...near the throne ; View him with scornful, yet with fearful eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 476 pages
...fultans, if they had their will ; " For every author would his brother kill." And Pope, " Should fuch a man, too fond to rule alone, ** Bear like the Turk no brother near the throne." But this is not the beft of his little piecfcs : it is excelled by his poem to Fanfhaw, and his elegy... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 434 pages
...: 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...near the throne ; View Him with scornful, yet with fearful eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 pages
...Bless'd with each talent and each art to please, 195 And born to write, converse, and live with ease ; 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 ; 200 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach... | |
| Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...are sultans, if they had their will ; " For every author would his brother kill.4* ' » And Pope, " Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, " Bear like the Turk no brother near the throw." But this is net the best of his little pieces : it is excelled by his poem ttf Fanshaw, and... | |
| Great Britain - 1804 - 492 pages
...each art to pleufr, 105 And born to write, convcrfe, and live with cafe : Should fuch a man, too fonJ to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with fcornful, yrt with jealous eyes, And hatefor arts that caus'd himfclf to rife; zoo Damn with faint... | |
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