Authors are partial to their wit, 'tis true, But are not critics to th…

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Authors are partial to their wit, 'tis true, But are not critics to their judgment, too? ✨ Alexander Pope (1825). The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With a Sketch of the Author's Life, p.49
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Authors are partial to their wit, 'tis true, But are not critics to their judgment, too? ✨ Alexander Pope (1825). The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With a Sketch of the Author's Life, p.49

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