SDSheffield, Duke Of Buckinghamshire

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Sheffield, Duke Of Buckinghamshire

Life dates: 1649 AD — 1720 AD

Listed in the author section of Bartlett’s ninth-edition anthology, in the linked 1905 printing. Dates reflect that historical edition and may differ from modern scholarship.

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Quotations and sayings

01c. 1684 AD

Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.

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02c. 1684 AD

There 's no such thing in Nature; and you 'll draw A faultless monster which the world ne'er saw.

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03c. 1684 AD

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.

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04c. 1684 AD

Read Homer once, and you can read no more, For all books else appear so mean, so poor; Verse may seem prose; but still persist to read, And Homer will be all the books you need.

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