Trevelyan, by the author of 'A marriage in high life'. by lady Scott, Volumen552 |
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Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets , Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists , Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of ora- tors , than Boswell is the first of biographers .
Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets , Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists , Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of ora- tors , than Boswell is the first of biographers .
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