"It is curious to observe the first dawn of genius breaking on the mind. Sometimes a man of genius, in his first effusions, is so far from revealing his future powers, that, on the contrary, no reasonable hope can be formed of his success."
A Dissertation on Anecdotes
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1793).<br>
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<u>A Dissertation on Anecdotes; by the Author of Curiosities of Literature.</u> (London: Printed for C. and G. Kearsley, and J. Murray, 1793). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T109208">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004871393.0001.000">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;