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"With him most authors steal their works, or buy; Garth did not write his own Dispensary."
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PlagiarismWhy, simpleton, do you mix your verses with mine? What have you to do, — Plagiarism
"Why, simpleton, do you mix your verses with mine? What have you to do, foolish man, with writings that convict you of theft? Why do you attempt to associate foxes with lions, and make owls pass for eagles? Though you had one of Ladass legs, you would not be able, blockhead, to run with the other leg of wood."
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Plagiarism is the representation of another person's language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions as one's own original work. Although precise definitions vary depending on the institution, in many countries and cultures plagiarism is considered a violation of academic integrity and journalistic ethics, as well as of social norms around learning, teaching, research, fairness, respect, and responsibil
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"Steal!—to be sure they may; and egad, serve your best thoughts as gypsies do stolen children, disfigure them to make em pass for their own."
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"Call them if you please bookmakers, not authors; range them rather among second-hand dealers than plagiarists."
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"Because they commonly make use of treasure found in books, as of other treasure belonging to the dead and hidden underground; for they dispose of both with great secrecy, defacing the shape and image of the one as much as of the other."
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"It has come to be practically a sort of rule in literature, that a man, having once shown himself capable of original writing, is entitled thenceforth to steal from the writings of others at discretion."
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"Next oer his books his eyes began to roll, In pleasing memory of all he stole; How here he sippd, how there he plunderd snug, And suckd all oer like an industrious bug."
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