"Perhaps the life of every thinking man may be divided into three eras — the era of admiration the era of action the era of repose"
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Preface to A Gallery of Literary Portraits, William Tait, Edinburgh 1845
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George Gilfillan
George Gilfillan (30 January 1813 – 13 August 1878) was a Scottish author and poet. He was one of the spasmodic poets, and an editor and commentator, with memoirs, critical dissertations in many editions of earlier British poetry.
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