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There can hardly, I believe, be imagined a more desirable pleasure than that of praise unmixed with any possibility of flattery.

Richard Steele

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Richard Steele
Age: 57 †
Born: 1672
Born: March 12
Died: 1729
Died: September 1
Journalist
Playwright
Politician
Writer
Dublin city
Sir Richard Steele
Imagined
Hardly
Praise
Possibility
Pleasure
Believe
Unmixed
Flattery
Desirable

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Though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behaviour to love her was a liberal education.
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