“It has come to my attention, that air pollution is polluting the air!”
“Truth has not such an urgent air.”
La vérité n'a point cet air impétueux.
Canto I, l. 198
The Art of Poetry (1674)
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La vérité n'a point cet air impétueux.
The Art of Poetry (1674)
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