An author, whether good or ...

An author, whether good or bad, or between both, is an animal whom every body is privileged to attack: for though all are not able to write books, all conceive themselves able to judge them.
 Matthew Gregory Lewis

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A warrior so bold, and a virgin so bright, Conversed as they sat on the green. They gazed on each other with tender delight, Alonzo the Brave was the name of the knight-- The maiden's the Fair Imogene.
 Matthew Gregory Lewis
The maiden's the Fair Imogene.
 Matthew Gregory Lewis