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...kindness of others is sometimes gained hy those to whom he never could have imparted his own." " True in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learnt to dance." " Nothing is more suhject to mistake and disappointment, than anticipated judgment...

...fine arts, in which skill coupled with inventive genius have ever been indispensable adjuncts : — " True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance ; 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence — The sound must seem an echo to the...

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