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When Troy was built, you recollect I dabbled as an Architect; A very sorry one, you'll say, But worse since then have come in play, And of the art I've understood Enough, to do more harm than good...
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I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
George Keate
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Born:
1729
Died:
1797
(aged 68)
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George Keate was an English poet and writer.
Known for:
An account of the Pelew Islands (1789)
The Monument in Arcadia (1773)
A Probationary Ode for the Laureatship (1787)
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