Quote#Nature
Too nicely Jonson knew the critic's part
Quote byWilliam Collins · 1721–1759
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: To Sir Thomas Hammer on his Edition of Shakespeare..
English (original)
Too nicely Jonson knew the critic's part; Nature in him was almost lost in Art.
— William Collins
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