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title: "2 Richard Blackmore Quotes"
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# Richard Blackmore

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Sir Richard Blackmore, English poet and physician, is remembered primarily as the object of satire and as an epic poet, but he was also a respected medical doctor and theologian.

##  Quotes by Richard Blackmore

> [You own a watch the invention of the mind, though for a single motion 'tis designed, as well as that which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-blackmore/you-own-a-watch-the-invention-of-the-mind-though-for-a-single-motion/)

[Richard Blackmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-blackmore/)

[Designed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/designed/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a9/richard-blackmore-92930_designed_you-own-a-watch-the-invention-of-the-min_65838.jpg)

> [The mare set off for home with the speed of a swallow, and going as smoothly and silently. I never had dreamed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-blackmore/the-mare-set-off-for-home-with-the-speed-of-a-swallow-and-going-as/)

[Richard Blackmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-blackmore/)

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