Tuesday 18 October 1664 ....that Sir Ellis Layton is, for a speech of forty words, the wittiest man that ever he knew in his life, but longer he is nothing, his judgment being nothing at all, but his wit most absolute... It takes all sorts to make a world. We cannot expect everyone to have all qualities. 'We are all members one of another', as I have remarked before. We need to combine our...
A rainy day – buying books I will likely never read
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