These contests were partly of an improvisatorial character; and in an age when public readings and recitations were in vogue, […] success of this kind was highly valued.
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These contests were partly of an improvisatorial character; and in an age when public readings and recitations were in vogue, […] success of this kind was highly valued.
Source: wiktionary
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