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Date: 1759
"Some Readers read too much, as Gluttons eat, / These Flatulence produce, and those Conceit; / If you, by reading much, would Knowledge gain, / Think, while you read, or you will read in vain."
preview | full record— Marriott, Thomas (d. 1766)
Date: 1759
"Romance is, to the Mind, a noxious Feast, / Prepar'd by Art, to please a vicious Taste."
preview | full record— Marriott, Thomas (d. 1766)
