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So must the writer, whose productions should Take with the vulgar, be of vulgar mould.
So must the writer, whose productions should Take with the vulgar, be of vulgar mould.
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 51 · quotation 7 · Edmund Waller · Epistle to Mr. Killegrew.
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