I have observed, that a Reader seldom peruses a Book with Pleasure, 'till he knows whether the Writer of it be a black or a fair M
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The Tragi-Comedy, which is the Product of the English Theatre, is one of the most monstrous Inventions that ever entered into a Po
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If the pages of this book contain some successful verse, the reader must excuse me the discourtesy of having usurped it first. Our
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We had some port, and drank damnation to the play and eternal remorse to the author.
An author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother who talks about her own children.
When the first-rate author wants an exquisite heroine or a lovely morning, he finds that all the superlatives have been worn shodd
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To translate, one must have a style of his own, for otherwise the translation will have no rhythm or nuance, which come from the p
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No author, without a trial, can conceive of the difficulty of writing a romance about a country where there is no shadow, no antiq
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The virtue of dress rehearsals is that they are a free show for a select group of artists and friends of the author, and where for
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Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach, and even this negative recompense has
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