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The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy the power of pleasing must be blown aside ✨ Samuel Johnson (1804). The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland: And a Criticism on Their Works, p.569
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The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy the power of pleasing must be blown aside ✨ Samuel Johnson (1804). The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland: And a Criticism on Their Works, p.569

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