[DOC] [TLE] Damning with faint praise - Wikipedia [PAR] Damning with faint praise is an English idiom for words that effectively condemn 
by seeming to ... Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,: And without 
sneering, teach the rest to ... "Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot" by Alexander Pope (1688
1744) ... "They wrote that Our readers report that they find some merit in your 
story, but... [DOC] [TLE] Wordwizard  View topic - damn with faint praise [PAR] 'Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, / And without sneering .... Atterbury 
wrote to Pope, asking for 'a complete copy of these verses on... [DOC] [TLE] Imitations of Horace - Wikiquote [PAR] They were written in the popular Augustan form of the "imitation" of a ... Pope 
used the model of Horace to satirize life under George II of Great ... Damn with 
faint praise, assent with civil leer, ... These you but anger, and you mend not 
those. [DOC] [TLE] Pope, "Epistle to Arbuthnot," ed. Lynch [PAR] By Alexander Pope. Edited and annotated by Jack Lynch. This poem, taking the 
form of a verse letter from Pope to his friend and ... out Pope's satirical principles 
 or, at least, how he'd like them to be interpreted. ..... Damn with faint praise, 
assent with civil leer, ..... Cato: Addison wrote a play called Cato , a huge success
. [DOC] [TLE] Damn with faint/feigned praise | WordReference Forums [PAR] Feb 26, 2006 ... We have recently tried to come up with a translation of damn with faint praise in 
the Italian forum. ... to Wycherly's The Plain Dealer and Pope's Epistle to Dr. 
Arbuthnot" ... "Yes, Dylan wrote a handful of very listenable tunes" is the ... :'Damn 
with faint praise, assent with civil leer, / And without sneering teach... [DOC] [TLE] Damn with faint praise | WordReference Forums [PAR] Feb 24, 2006 ... Damn with faint praise, i.e. mildly praise someone, suggesting quite the ... "damn 
with faint praise" (Pope, Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot) ... Damn with faint praise, assent 
with civil leer, ... and there is certainly room in the language for both of them. ... 
that we have an accurate version of what they originally wrote. [DOC] [TLE] Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot by Alexander Pope | Poetry Foundation [PAR] Home; Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot by Alexander Pope. Learning .... Keep close to 
ears, and those let asses prick; .... Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,. [DOC] [TLE] Damn with faint praise - definition and synonims of damn with faint ... [PAR] These words in the dictionary share the same root as damn with faint praise. 
Click on the words to load more .... damn with faint praise assent with civil leer. 
info. [DOC] [TLE] damn with faint praise - Wiktionary [PAR] damn with faint praise. (idiomatic) To provide praise that is minimal or 
inconsequential, implying that such praise is the best that could be said. [
quotations ]. [DOC] [TLE] Pope: 'Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot' - JStor [PAR] Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,. And without ... The Arbuthno, 
passage is a from poem Pope's of a little 'Epistle over to four Dr. Arbuthno .... if 
we insist on those other reasons. For Pope, .... years after he had written it.) Even 
in the. [DOC] [TLE] Pope's Lines on Atticus - JStor [PAR] Approves them both but likes the worst the best, ... At least Pope's contention that 
the lines were written before .... Damn with faint Praise, assent with civil Leer,. [DOC] [TLE] Alexander Pope - Poetic Examples from BOB'S BYWAY [PAR] ALEXANDER POPE. 1688 - 1744 ... As those move easiest who have learn'd to 
dance, ... Pope's mimetic precept. ... This poem provides an example of a mock-
epic written in heroic couplets. .... Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, * [DOC] [TLE]   . Negative and positive standards ... [PAR] When Alexander Pope wrote Epistle to Dr.

Question: Pope wrote of those who "damn with faint" this, "assent with civil leer"
Answer: praise