...Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike ; " etc. That men who have applied themselves to liberal studies should be found with illiberal dispositions...

...with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools,...

...with faint praise, || assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, || and yet — afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, || and — hesitate dislike; Alike reserved to blame or to commend, A tim'rous foe, || by flatterers besieged, And so obliging ||...

...Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike ; Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools,...

...with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools,...

...Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, others teach to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike referr'd to blame or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools...

...-with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, others teach to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike referr'd to blame or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools...

...wilh faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach thé rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserv'd to blâme, or to commend, A tira' rous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading ev'n...

...with faint praise, assent with civil leer. And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing t name it to you, you chaste stars! It is the cause. Yet I'll not shed her b Alike reserved to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading e'en fools,...

...with faint praise, assent with civil leer. And, without sneering, teaeh the rest to sneer. Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike. Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike . . . ('Epistle to Arbuthnot', 201-4) It was when Pope combined Ovidian verse technique with Horatian...