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2. « I hâve often reflected, after a Night spent wilh him apart from ail Ihe World, thaï 1 had the Pleasure of conversing wilh an intimate Acquaintance of Terence &nd Catullus, who had ail their Wit and Nature heighten'd with Humour, more exquisite and delightful than any other Man ever possessed. • (Lettre de Steele à Congreve en léte de The Drummer.)

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