A book may be very amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dul…

Oliver Goldsmith
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A book may be very amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity. ✨ Oliver Goldsmith (1806). The Vicar of Wakefield, p.13
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