Washington Irving book The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
"Westminster Abbey".
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon (1819–1820)
“I hate the man who builds his name
On ruins of another's fame.
Thus prudes, by characters o'erthrown,
Imagine that they raise their own.
Thus Scribblers, covetous of praise,
Think slander can transplant the bays.”
— John Gay
Fable XLV, "The Poet and the Rose"
Fables (1727)
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