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The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 17

Note 120 — THE ART OF PAINTING;

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This line is a little misquoted. The couplets run,

Reject that vulgar error, which appears So fair, of making perfect characters; There’s no such thing in nature, and you’ll draw A faultless monster, which the world ne’er saw. Essay on Poetry.

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