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“True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. 'T is not enough no harshness gives offence,-- The sound must seem an echo to the sense.”
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- Book
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 95c1a3ee5a9f5738ec76c01e201caf617bab1dda56c0bae20cc194f9130b262e
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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