“She had no longer any relish for her once favorite amusement of reading. And mostly she disliked those authors who have penetrated deeply into the intricate paths of vanity in the human mind, for in them her own folly was continually brought to her remembrance and presented to her view.”
Sarah Fielding, The History of the Countess of Dellwyn
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
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