Vernon Scannell (1922–2007) British boxer and poet
Drums of Morning, 1992
“Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors.”
No. 94 (18 June 1711).
The Spectator (1711–1714)
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