afterwork
Americanadjective
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An anonymous reply to Peter Pindar, entitled On the Abuse of Satire, was followed during 1791 to 1793 by the appearance of his Curiosities of Literature, the success of which determined much of his afterwork.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various
It was consciously so, and Keble, probably wisely, refused to alter and amend it, imagining that such afterwork often sacrificed some of the freshness of inspiration.
From Essays by Benson, Arthur Christopher
He was particularly fond of Lemprière’s “Classical Dictionary,” Tooke’s “Pantheon,” and Spence’s “Polymetis”: a line of reading presageful of his own afterwork in the region of Greek mythology.
From Life of John Keats by Rossetti, William Michael
You may do that in a few years of idleness which a life-time of afterwork won’t cover, mend, or improve.
From The First Violin A Novel by Fothergill, Jessie
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