"High characters (cries one); and he would see Things that ne'er were, nor are, nor ne'er will be."
— John Suckling

January 1, 1970

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:Compare: "Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, / Thinks what ne’er was, nor is, nor e’er shall be."—Pope, Essay on Criticism, pt. ii, l. 53. "There’s no such thing in Nature, and you’ll draw / A faultless monster which the world ne’er saw."—Sheffield, Essay on Poetry