He said: "Oh, don't talk about rewards. Look at Milton, who only got 5 pounds for 'Paradise Lost." "And a great deal too much," I rejoined promptly. "I would have given him twice as much myself not to have written it at all." - Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh - Post by sirskitten1 on Boldomatic

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He said: "Oh, don't talk about rewards. Look at Milton, who only got 5 pounds for 'Paradise Lost."

"And a great deal too much," I rejoined promptly. "I would have given him twice as much myself not to have written it at all."

- Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh

He said: "Oh, don't talk about rewards. Look at Milton, who only got 5 pounds for 'Paradise Lost." "And a great deal too much," I rejoined promptly. "I would have given him twice as much myself not to have written it at all." - Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh

#5, #pounds?

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