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John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby
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“Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature’s chief masterpiece is writing well.”
John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (1647–1721) said by 1721 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Essay on Poetry (published 1723).
Also quoted by: Sheffield, Duke Of Buckinghamshire
“There's no such thing in Nature; and you'll draw A faultless monster which the world ne’er saw.”
John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (1647–1721) first seen 1711 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Essay on Poetry (published 1723). Compare: "'High characters,' cries one, and he would see/ Things that ne’er were, nor are, nor e’er will be", John Suckling, The Goblins, Epilogue. "Whoever thinks a faultless piece to …
Also quoted by: Sheffield, Duke Of Buckinghamshire
“Read Homer once, and you can read no more; For all books else appear so mean, so poor, Verse will seem prose; but still persist to read, And Homer will be all the books you need.”
John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (1647–1721) said by 1721 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Essay on Poetry (published 1723).
Also quoted by: Sheffield, Duke Of Buckinghamshire