The desire to please everything having eyes seems inborn in maidens. - Salomon Gessner

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The desire to please everything having eyes seems inborn in maidens.

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About Salomon Gessner

Salomon Gessner (1 April 1730 – 2 March 1788) was a Swiss painter, graphic artist, government official, newspaper publisher, and poet, best known in the latter instance for his Idylls. He was a co-founder of the Helvetic Society and the first publisher and editor of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung.

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Alternative Names: Soghomon Kesnēr Salomon Gesner Salomon Ghessner Jun. Sol. Gesner Gesner M. Gesner S. Gessner Sal. Gessner Gessner Ghessner
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