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To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery.
John Churton Collins
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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John Churton Collins
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Born:
March 26, 1848
Died:
September 25, 1908
(aged 60)
Bio:
John Churton Collins was a British literary critic.
Known for:
Greek influence on English poetry
Studies in poetry and criticism
Ephemera critica
Treasury of minor British poetry
Illustrations of Tennyson
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