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...Observing little in his reverie, Yet saw this much, which he was glad to see. (1) [*' Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer." POPE on Addison.] ft 4 The ghost at least had done him this much good, In making him as silent as a...

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...that glads the earth." " Blight with a gesture — wither with a sneer." Bulwer. " Damn with faint, praise, — assent with, civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer." Pope. " Alas ! each slanderer bears a weapon No honest arm can baffle.1' On the principle "mum caique,"...

...with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; 5 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering,...teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet affraid to strike; Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,...

...relative to the translation of Homer, is an example that cannot fail to attract attention. Damn with faint praise, || assent with civil leer, , And without sneering teach the rest to sneer, v Willing to wound, ij and — yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, || and— hesitate dislike...

...with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint / * / * / strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame, or to commend, A timorous...

...with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that.caus'd himself to rise; 5 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering,...teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet affraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,...

...allow ; yon have not perhaps learnt the art, as Mr Reid says in his title-page, io Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer. '. ii:i; ji; ' . * * It is difficult for ns to explain all this, and we should be sorry to make any...

...felt, and too unmercifully avenged. These are alluded to, when the satirist sings, Damn with faint praise ; assent with civil leer ; And, without sneering,...rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike ; Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike, &c. Accusations crowded faster than the pen could...