 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 702 oldal
...throne, Vkw him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that cnus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sueer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fanlt, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserv'd... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1820 - 884 oldal
...enough. It was not exactly what it had been described by an honourable gentleman opposite. They did not Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer. Theirs was certainly no praise at all ; and as certainly, nothing like civility ; but, as to sneers,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 oldal
...View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, , And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; 5 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without Sneering te'ach the rest to sneer ; Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislfke ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous foe,... | |
 | 1864 - 998 oldal
...admire the subtlety with which from page to page of the Story of the Guns Sir Emerson can manage to Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer. Fortunately for Sir William Armstrong, facts and printed evidence render him independent of Sir Emerson's... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 312 oldal
...throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; 5 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Willing to wound, and yet affraid to strike, Alike reserv'd... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 334 oldal
...silent in his nook, Observing little in his reverie, Yet saw this much, which he was glad to see. (1) [" Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, • And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer.'' ^ POPE on Addison.] CVH. The ghost at least had done him this much good, In making him as silent as... | |
 | bart Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges - 1834 - 468 oldal
...never heard it : but I had to encounter cold, freezing, palsying looks ; and every one knew how to Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ! These assertions will be deemed very querulous; but if they are true, the epithet is not applicable... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1853 - 706 oldal
...regard and respect fe Mr. Madison. This, I confess, is following IDS direction of the poet, who says: " Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer; " And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer." But let us inquire if the President had any knowledge that Mr. Erskine had no full power: for if I... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 342 oldal
...in his nook, Observing little in his reverie, Yet saw this much, which he was glad to see. (1) [*' Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer." POPE on Addison.] ft 4 The ghost at least had done him this much good, In making him as silent as a... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 320 oldal
...throne, View him with scornfol, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer l Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved... | |
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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer; And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer... 
