In short, to enter the lists of literature is wilfully to expose yourself to the arrows of neglect, ridicule, envy, and — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
In short, to enter the lists of literature is wilfully to expose yourself to the arrows of neglect, ridicule, envy, and — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
In short, to enter the lists of literature is wilfully to expose yourself to the arrows of neglect, ridicule, envy, and — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
In short, to enter the lists of literature is wilfully to expose yourself to the arrows of neglect, ridicule, envy, and — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
In short, to enter the lists of literature is wilfully to expose yourself to the arrows of neglect, ridicule, envy, and — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
In short, to enter the lists of literature is wilfully to expose yourself to the arrows of neglect, ridicule, envy, and — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
In short, to enter the lists of literature is wilfully to expose yourself to the arrows of neglect, ridicule, envy, and — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
In short, to enter the lists of literature is wilfully to expose yourself to the arrows of neglect, ridicule, envy, and — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
In short, to enter the lists of literature is wilfully to expose yourself to the arrows of neglect, ridicule, envy, and — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
In short, to enter the lists of literature is wilfully to expose yourself to the arrows of neglect, ridicule, envy, and — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
In short, to enter the lists of literature is wilfully to expose yourself to the arrows of neglect, ridicule, envy, and — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
In short, to enter the lists of literature is wilfully to expose yourself to the arrows of neglect, ridicule, envy, and — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
In short, to enter the lists of literature is wilfully to expose yourself to the arrows of neglect, ridicule, envy, and — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
In short, to enter the lists of literature is wilfully to expose yourself to the arrows of neglect, ridicule, envy, and — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
In short, to enter the lists of literature is wilfully to expose yourself to the arrows of neglect, ridicule, envy, and — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
In short, to enter the lists of literature is wilfully to expose yourself to the arrows of neglect, ridicule, envy, and — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
In short, to enter the lists of literature is wilfully to expose yourself to the arrows of neglect, ridicule, envy, and — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
In short, to enter the lists of literature is wilfully to expose yourself to the arrows of neglect, ridicule, envy, and — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
In short, to enter the lists of literature is wilfully to expose yourself to the arrows of neglect, ridicule, envy, and — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
In short, to enter the lists of literature is wilfully to expose yourself to the arrows of neglect, ridicule, envy, and — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
In short, to enter the lists of literature is wilfully to expose yourself to the arrows of neglect, ridicule, envy, and — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
In short, to enter the lists of literature is wilfully to expose yourself to the arrows of neglect, ridicule, envy, and — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
In short, to enter the lists of literature is wilfully to expose yourself to the arrows of neglect, ridicule, envy, and — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
In short, to enter the lists of literature is wilfully to expose yourself to the arrows of neglect, ridicule, envy, and — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
In short, to enter the lists of literature is wilfully to expose yourself to the arrows of neglect, ridicule, envy, and — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
In short, to enter the lists of literature is wilfully to expose yourself to the arrows of neglect, ridicule, envy, and — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
In short, to enter the lists of literature is wilfully to expose yourself to the arrows of neglect, ridicule, envy, and — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
In short, to enter the lists of literature is wilfully to expose yourself to the arrows of neglect, ridicule, envy, and — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
In short, to enter the lists of literature is wilfully to expose yourself to the arrows of neglect, ridicule, envy, and — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
In short, to enter the lists of literature is wilfully to expose yourself to the arrows of neglect, ridicule, envy, and — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
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In short, to enter the lists of literature is wilfully to expose yourself to the arrows of neglect, ridicule, envy, and disappointment. Whether you write well or ill, be assured that you will not escape from blame...

— Matthew Lewis, The Monk
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