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In other things the knowing artist may Judge better than the people; but a play, (Made for delight, and for no other use) If you approve it not, has no excuse.
In other things the knowing artist may Judge better than the people; but a play, (Made for delight, and for no other use) If you approve it not, has no excuse.
Approximate author period: c. 1646 AD · renaissance
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- Edmund Waller
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- Approximate author period: c. 1646 AD · renaissance
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
Printed page 6 · quotation 10 · Edmund Waller · Prologue to the Maid's Tragedy. L. 35.
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