...brother near the throne ; View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with...strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame, and to commend, A timorous foe, or a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools, by...

...CHAP. xIII.] TRAGEDY OF CATO. 239 And born to write, converse, and live with ease j Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother...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...

...translated a book called the Persian Toles, a book fall of fancy and imagination. Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother...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...

...with each talent, and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease Pope Pope 7 Away at once with love or jealousy! (Ill, iii) 137...stars! It is the cause. Yet I'll not shed her blood, reserved to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading e'en fools, by...

...of multiple antitheses: Damn 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...

...gloss on Pope's character of Addison ("Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot" [1734]) as one who is accustomed to Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And...strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend . . . (11. 201-6) The crucial,...

...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 brother...scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise; 200 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach...

...Talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Shou'd such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother...strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend, Dreading ev'n fools, by...

...sublimely bad, It is not poetry, but prose run mad. 'An Epistle to Dr Arbulhnot' ( i 734) 1. 187 7 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And...rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Jusl hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. n/ Addison 'An Epislle to Dr Arbulhnot' (1735) I....

...with ease: Shou'd such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the dirone, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And...strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend, Dreading ev'n fools, by...