Till Now Poets Were Privileged To Insert A Certain Proportion Of Nonsense - Very Far In Excess Of One-half Of One Per Cent - Into Their Otherwise Sober Documents. - SearchQuotes

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Till now poets were privileged to insert a certain proportion of nonsense - very far in excess of one-half of one per cent - into their otherwise sober documents.

John C Ransom

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