John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Duke of Bukinghamshire Sheffield 1649-1720 John Bartlett
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| Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature’s chief masterpiece is writing well. |
| Essay on Poetry. |
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| There ’s no such thing in Nature; and you ’ll draw A faultless monster which the world ne’er saw. 1 |
| Essay on Poetry. |
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| Read Homer once, and you can read no more; For all books else appear so mean, so poor, Verse will seem prose; but still persist to read, And Homer will be all the books you need. |
| Essay on Poetry. |
| Note 1. See Suckling, Quotation 10. [back] |