Samuel Richardson  

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A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)

Samuel Richardson (August 19, 1689 – July 4, 1761) was a major 18th century writer best known for his epistolary novels: Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded (1740) and Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady (1748).

Richardson had been an established printer and publisher for most of his life when, at the age of 51, he wrote his first novel — and immediately became one of the most popular and admired writers of his time.

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