Word: connoisseurs
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Cambridge water poured through a sieve, they leave only the more prominent facts behind, while much that is of real value is lost. The practice so common of reading all the new publications is of no real value except to enable one to maintain the position of a literary connoisseur, in appearance at least, and is only a superficial knowledge...