 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
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...; Blest with f ach 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...scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; 200 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, Ami, without sneering,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 546 pages
...talent and each nrt to please, And born to write, converse, anil live with ease : Should such a DIM, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother...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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pages
...Poets are sultans, if they had their will ; " For every author would his brother kill." And Pope, " Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, " Bear like the Turk no brother near the throne." But this is not the best of his little pieces : it is excelled by his poem to Fanshaw, and his elegy... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pages
...prologues, Poets are sultans, if they had their -will ; For every author would his brother kill. And Pope, Should such a man too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne. But this is not the best of his little pieces : it is excelled by his poem to Fanshaw, and his elegy... | |
 | English poetry - 1811 - 592 pages
...the falsehood serv'd her hateful ends, Congenial audience found in hollow friends ; Who to the tale " assent with civil leer, " And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer;" His friendship o'er me spread that guardian shield, Which his severest virtue best could wield ; Repell'd... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 220 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 the Turk, no rival near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1813 - 324 pages
...: Blest with each talent a1id each art to please, And horn to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no hrother near the throne jView him with scornful, yet with fearful eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1814 - 494 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...scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; Damn with faiut praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 516 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; * Ambrose Philips translated a book called... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 506 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; * Ambrose Philips translated a book called... | |
| |
