“The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.”
Quote by John Lyly
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Euphues. The Anatomy of Wit. Editio princeps, 1579. Euphues and his England. Editio princeps, 1580. Collated with early subsequent editions ... Carefully edited by Edward Arber
The book is a compilation of two early works by John Lyly, Euphues and his England, both published in their first editions. It is meticulously edited by Edward Arber, providing a scholarly collation of these seminal texts. more
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