From her instructions, I had an early notion, that it was m… - Samuel Richardson

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From her instructions, I had an early notion, that it was much more noble to forgive an injury than to resent it: and to give a life than to take it.

Samuel Richardson

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Samuel Richardson (19 August 1689 – 4 July 1761) was an 18th-century English writer and printer. He was one of the most admired fiction-writers of his day, both in his native England and across Europe. He is now considered one of the fathers of the novel.

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