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>I find the older the book, the slower and more waffly (if you want to be uncharitable) its prose. In some cases older writers were actually paid per word. Dic
by zeroego 8y ago
>I find the older the book, the slower and more waffly (if you want to be uncharitable) its prose.
In some cases older writers were actually paid per word. Dickens comes to mind.
- emodendroket 8y agoThe ancients were not paid by the word but didn't think much of a couple pages of genealogies.