cramp one's style (1781)

[Mark Mandel]

"confine", perhaps?

Mark Mandel


On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 10:15 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

> Not this literally, but:
>
> Boston Evening-Post, published as Boston Evening Post.; Date:
> 12-30-1751; Issue: 854; Page: [1]  (EAN):
>
> "Certainly nothing should be retained to cramp or co[...]e [two or
> three letters missing due to folded paper] the Genius of the Poet;
> who requires full Liberty".
>
> Joel
>

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