Damn with Faint Praise.
Damn with faint praise, assent with evil leer,
And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer.
Pope, Prologue to the Satires, 201 (1734).
Damno'nii, the people of Damnonium, that is, Cornwall, Devon, Dorsetshire, and part of Somersetshire. This region, says Richard of Cirencester (Hist. vi. 18), was much frequented by the Phoenician, Greek, and Gallic merchants, for the metals with which it abounded, and particularly for its tin.
Wherein our Devonshire now and fartherest Cornwal are,
The old Danmonii [
sic
] dwelt.
Drayton,