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I believe he then started the inquirer.net which ran for another decade. I remember them occasionally featuring a fragment of a poem by Alexander Pope: "Dam
by chasil 4y ago
I believe he then started the inquirer.net which ran for another decade.
I remember them occasionally featuring a fragment of a poem by Alexander Pope:
"Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damning_with_faint_praise https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damning_with_faint_praise
- rozab 4y agoTo see this gloriously realised, check out CGP Grey's description of Pope's feud with Thomas Hearne. Linking the full video because it's a masterpiece https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEV9qoup2mQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEV9qoup2mQ
- chasil 4y agoBy some strange coincidence, I had decided this week to read Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's and then watch the film again. I might also repeat a famous Wilde quote: There are two ways to dislike poetry. One is to dislike it, and the other is to read Pope.