Leigh Hunt, On the Beneficence of Bookstalls.
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Yon second-hand bookseller is second to none in the worth of the treasures which he dispenses.
— Leigh Hunt on Publishing
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Source: Wikiquote: "Publishing" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations: Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 649.)
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About Leigh Hunt
James Henry Leigh Hunt (October 19, 1784 – August 28, 1859) was an English poet and essayist.
About Leigh Hunt
James Henry Leigh Hunt (October 19, 1784 – August 28, 1859) was an English poet and essayist.
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