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Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original and the part that is original is not good.
Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original and the part that is original is not good.
Approximate author period: c. 1746 AD · early modern
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- Author or tradition
- Samuel Johnson
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- Approximate author period: c. 1746 AD · early modern
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Supplied reference B; unit 188; PDF page 22; printed attribution: Samuel Johnson; collection label: Famous quotations
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