Candour, which spares its foes, nor e'er descends With bigot zeal to combat for its friends ; Candour, which loves in see-saw strain to tell Of acting foolishly, but meaning well; Too nice to praise by wholesale or to blame, Convinced that all men's motives... Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin - Page 2281813 - 240 pagesFull view - About this book
| Europe - 1799 - 678 pages
...CANDOUR,—which spares its foes ;—nor e'er descends With bigot zeal to combat for its friends. CANDOUR,—which loves in see-saw strain to tell Of acting foolishly,...well; Too nice to praise by wholesale, or to blame, Convinc'd that all men's motives are the same;—- And finds, with keen disciiminating sight, BLACK'S... | |
| Anti-Jacobin The - 1801 - 276 pages
...CANDOUR, which softens party's headlong rage. CANDOUR, — which spares its foes; nor e'er descends With bigot zeal to combat for its friends. CANDOUR,...finds, with keen discriminating sight, BLACK'S not so black ; — nor WHITE so very white. 200 " Fox, to be sure, was vehement and wrong : — " But then... | |
| 1801 - 448 pages
...191 CANDOUR, which softens party's headlong rage. CANDOUR, which spares its foes; nor e'er descends With bigot zeal to combat for its friends. CANDOUR,...see-saw strain to tell Of acting foolishly, but meaning we//} Too nice to praise by wholesale, or to blame, Convinced that all men's motives are the same;... | |
| School - Satire, English - 1801 - 450 pages
...age, CANDOUR, which softens party's headlong rage. CANDOUR, which spares its foes; nor e'er descends With bigot zeal to combat for its friends; CANDOUR, which loves in see-saw strain1 to tell Of acting foolishly '$ but meaning well; Too nice to praise by wholesale, or to blame,... | |
| 1858 - 620 pages
...rage. CANDOUR, — which spares its foes ; nor e'er descends With bigot zeal to combat for its friend?. CANDOUR, — which loves in see-saw strain to tell...finds, with keen discriminating sight, BLACK'S not so black ; — nor WHITE so very white. ' " Fox, to be sure, was vehement and wrong : ' But then, PITT'S... | |
| Europe - 1803 - 674 pages
...zeal to combat for its friends. CANDOUR,—which loves in see-saw strain to tell Of acting foolisbly, but meaning well; Too nice to praise by wholesale, or to blame, Convinc'd that all men's motives are the same ;— And finds, witli keen discriminating sight* BLACK'S... | |
| Anti-Jacobin The - 1807 - 258 pages
...CANDOUR, which softens party's headlong rage. CANDOUR,— which spares its foes ; — nor e'er descends With bigot zeal to combat for its friends. CANDOUR,...finds, with keen discriminating sight, BLACK'S not so black; — nor WHITE sovery white, aoo " Fox, to be sure, was vehement and wrong : — " But then... | |
| 1810 - 492 pages
...age; Candour, which softens party's headlong rage, Candour, which spares its foes, nor e'er descends With bigot zeal to combat for its friends. Candour,...well, Too nice to praise by wholesale, or to blame, Convine'd that all men's motives are the same, And finds, with keen discriminating sight, Black's not... | |
| England - 1826 - 952 pages
...CANDOUR — which softens party's headlong rage ; CANJJOUH — which spares its foes, nor e'er descendí With bigot zeal to combat for its friends. • CANDOUR — which loves in see-saw strain to tell Ofaciingjootiihly, but meaning well,' Too nice to praise by wholesale, or to blame, Convinced that... | |
| Scotland - 1826 - 1004 pages
...— which spares its foes, nor e'er descends With bigot zeal to combat for its friends. CANDOUH — which loves in see-saw strain to tell Of acting foolishly,...finds with keen, discriminating sight, BLACK'S not so black; — nor WHITE so very white. ' Fox, to be sure, was vehement and wrong : — Bat then Pitt's... | |
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