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Word: causing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to,rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: BORN TO WRITE | 5/31/1948 | See Source »

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