"This will never do."
— Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey
January 1, 1970
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The opening of his review of Wordsworth's The Excursion, in the Edinburgh Review (1814).
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The opening of his review of Wordsworth's The Excursion, in the Edinburgh Review (1814).