 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,...  Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson ... - Seite 383von John Aikin - 1843 - 807 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 Seiten
...such ! hut were 'here one whoge fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Blest with f ach talent and each art to please, And born to write,...eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; 200 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, Ami, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1814 - 494 Seiten
...Peace to all such! but were there one whose firei True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent, and each art to please, And born...hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; Damn with faiut praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Wilting to wound,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 516 Seiten
...safe! Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires Apollo kindled, and fair Fame inspires: Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born...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... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 530 Seiten
...the Satires : ' f ' Were there one, whose fires True genius kindles and fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born...scornful, 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... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 Seiten
...born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to ndc alone, Bear, b'ke s design. Why then a Borgia, or a Catiline ; Who knows,...the lightning forms, Who heaves old Ocean, and who teach the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate... | |
 | 1822 - 284 Seiten
...Peace to allsuch! Butwere there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires, Bless'd with each talent and each art to please, And born...scornful, 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 452 Seiten
...: and what deserved praise he would not deny him to the world ; and, as a proof of this disposition Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like...eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; 200 Damn with faint praise, assent the civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 Seiten
...Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest oseate bowers, Celestial palms, and ever-blooming...Where flames refin'd in breasts seraphic glow v Thou, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 694 Seiten
...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...scornful, 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 692 Seiten
...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...scornful, 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... | |
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