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... Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 5231826Full view - About this book
| 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... | |
| 1800 - 270 pages
...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,...finds, with keen discriminating sight, BLACK'S not jo black; — nor WHITE soveiy white. 100 " Fox, to be sure, was vehement and wrong : — " But then... | |
| Anti-Jacobin The - 1801 - 276 pages
...— 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,...BLACK'S not so black ; — nor WHITE so very white. 200 " Fox, to be sure, was vehement and wrong : — " But then Pitt's words, you'll own, were rather... | |
| School - 1801 - 450 pages
...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...with keen discriminating sight, BLACK'S not so black ; norwHiTEWVtfry white. 200 " Fox, to be sure, was vehement and wrong; " But then Pitt'swords, you'll... | |
| 1801 - 448 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, but meaning we//} Too nice to praise by wholesale, or to blame, Convinced that all men's motives are the same;... | |
| 1858 - 620 pages
...— 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 Of acting foolishly,...white. ' " Fox, to be sure, was vehement and wrong : ' But then, PITT'S words, you'll own, were rather strong. ' Both must be blamed, both pardon'd ;... | |
| 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
...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,...discriminating sight, BLACK'S not so black; — nor WHITE sovery white, aoo " Fox, to be sure, was vehement and wrong : — " But then Pitt's words you'll own... | |
| 1810 - 492 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, Convine'd that all men's motives are the same, And finds, with keen discriminating sight, Black's not... | |
| 1826 - 952 pages
...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 all men's motines are the same ; — And finds with keen, discriminating sight, BLACK'S not to bkck; — nor... | |
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