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labouring for invention: 1) toiling for originality; 2) giving birth to a new idea. bear amiss / The second burden of a former child: i.e., unintentionally reformulate a previous literary work.
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record: memory, history.
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five hundred courses of the sun: five hundred years.
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Since mind at first in character was done: i.e. Since thought was first recorded in writing.
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composed wonder: wonderful composition.
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mended: improved. whe'r: whether.
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revolution be the same: i.e. the change of times makes no difference.
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worse: less deserving.