discommend

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There is, I suppose, hardly a book which one ought to discommend to the young person more than La Religieuse.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George

Those need compassion whom you discommend, Not whom you praise.

From Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love by Dryden, John

Tho' such myself, vile bards I discommend; Nay more, tho' gentle Damon is my friend.

From The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 by Young, Edward

Neither do I discommend the lofty stile in tragedy, which is naturally pompous and magnificent; but nothing is truely sublime that is not just and proper.'

From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume III by Cibber, Theophilus

Neither do I discommend the lofty style in tragedy, which is naturally pompous and magnificent; but nothing is truly sublime, that is not just and proper.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Scott, Walter, Sir