You own a watch the invention of the mind, though for a single motion ’tis designed, as well as that which is with greater thought with various springs, for various motions wrought.
Richard Blackmore Quotes
The mare set off for home with the speed of a swallow, and going as smoothly and silently. I never had dreamed of such a motion, fluent and graceful, and ambient, soft as the breeze flitting over the flowers, but swift as the summer lightening.
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| Birth: | 22nd January, 1654 |
| Death: | 9th October, 1729 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Physician, Poet |
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Sir Richard Blackmore, English poet and physician, is remembered primarily as the object of satire and as an example of a dull poet. He was, however, a respected physician and religious writer.
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