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Samuel Butler

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Samuel Butler (baptized 14 February 1613 – 25 September 1680) was a poet and satirist. He is remembered now chiefly for a long satirical poem entitled Hudibras .

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1	She was too kind wooed too persistently

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She was too kind wooed too persistently

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Satire - Living in Glasshouses

The Evolution of English Literature

John Milton: An Exhaustive Look at the Poet

A Criticism of Samuel Butler

A History of English Literature

The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century

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Quote Left The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
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Quote Left The history of art is the history of revivals. Art
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Quote Left Rare virtues are like rare plants or animals, things that have not been able to hold their own in the world. A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner but more durable metal.
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Quote Left The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life into them.
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Quote Left I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted.
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