 I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds. I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise.  Recreations of a recluse [signed F.J.]. - Page 315by F. J - 1870Full view - About this book
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