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A quotation from Richard Steele
The prevailing humour of crying up authors that have writ in the days of our forefathers, and of passing slightly over the merit of our contemporaries, is a grievance that men of a free and unprejudiced thought have complained of through all ages in their writings.
Richard Steele (1672-1729) Anglo-Irish writer, journalist, playwright, politician
Essay (1713-04-09), The Guardian, No. 25More about this quote: wist.info/steele-richard/85367…
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A quotation from Richard Steele
The prevailing humour of crying up authors that have writ in the days of our forefathers, and of passing slightly over the merit of our contemporaries, is a grievance that men of a free and unprejudiced thought have complained of through all ages in their writings.
Richard Steele (1672-1729) Anglo-Irish writer, journalist, playwright, politician
Essay (1713-04-09), The Guardian, No. 25More about this quote: wist.info/steele-richard/85367…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #richardsteele #ancestors #authors #era #forefathers #generations #goldenage #goodolddays #greatness #literarycriticism #nostalgia #past #perspective #present #writers
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A quotation from Richard Steele
The prevailing humour of crying up authors that have writ in the days of our forefathers, and of passing slightly over the merit of our contemporaries, is a grievance that men of a free and unprejudiced thought have complained of through all ages in their writings.
Richard Steele (1672-1729) Anglo-Irish writer, journalist, playwright, politician
Essay (1713-04-09), The Guardian, No. 25More about this quote: wist.info/steele-richard/85367…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #richardsteele #ancestors #authors #era #forefathers #generations #goldenage #goodolddays #greatness #literarycriticism #nostalgia #past #perspective #present #writers
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A quotation from Richard Steele
The prevailing humour of crying up authors that have writ in the days of our forefathers, and of passing slightly over the merit of our contemporaries, is a grievance that men of a free and unprejudiced thought have complained of through all ages in their writings.
Richard Steele (1672-1729) Anglo-Irish writer, journalist, playwright, politician
Essay (1713-04-09), The Guardian, No. 25More about this quote: wist.info/steele-richard/85367…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #richardsteele #ancestors #authors #era #forefathers #generations #goldenage #goodolddays #greatness #literarycriticism #nostalgia #past #perspective #present #writers
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A quotation from Richard Steele
The prevailing humour of crying up authors that have writ in the days of our forefathers, and of passing slightly over the merit of our contemporaries, is a grievance that men of a free and unprejudiced thought have complained of through all ages in their writings.
Richard Steele (1672-1729) Anglo-Irish writer, journalist, playwright, politician
Essay (1713-04-09), The Guardian, No. 25More about this quote: wist.info/steele-richard/85367…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #richardsteele #ancestors #authors #era #forefathers #generations #goldenage #goodolddays #greatness #literarycriticism #nostalgia #past #perspective #present #writers