An author, whether good or bad, or between both, is an animal whom every body is privileged to attack: for though all ar — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
An author, whether good or bad, or between both, is an animal whom every body is privileged to attack: for though all ar — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
An author, whether good or bad, or between both, is an animal whom every body is privileged to attack: for though all ar — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
An author, whether good or bad, or between both, is an animal whom every body is privileged to attack: for though all ar — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
An author, whether good or bad, or between both, is an animal whom every body is privileged to attack: for though all ar — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
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An author, whether good or bad, or between both, is an animal whom every body is privileged to attack: for though all are not able to write books, all conceive themselves able to judge them.

— Matthew Lewis, The Monk
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