WIST Quotations

Landon, Letitia Elizabeth -- “The Golden Violet” (1827)

Dave — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 15:31:55 +0000

So much to win, so much to lose,
No marvel that I fear to choose.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802-1838) English poet and novelist [a/k/a L.E.L.]
“The Golden Violet” (1827)
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Landon, Letitia Elizabeth -- Lady Anne Granard, ch. 1 (1842)

Dave — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 15:39:23 +0000

No one dies but some one is glad of it.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802-1838) English poet and novelist [a/k/a L.E.L.]
Lady Anne Granard, ch. 1 (1842)
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Opening words.

Landon, Letitia Elizabeth -- Romance and Reality, Vol. 1, ch. 13 (1831)

Dave — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 13:25:09 +0000

The old proverb, applied to fire and water, may, with equal truth, be applied to the imagination — it is a good servant, but a bad master.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802-1838) English poet and novelist [a/k/a L.E.L.]
Romance and Reality, Vol. 1, ch. 13 (1831)
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See Christie.

Landon, Letitia Elizabeth -- Romance and Reality, Vol. 2, ch. 14 (1831)

Dave — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 16:40:56 +0000

Politeness, however, acts the lady’s-maid to our thoughts; and they are washed, dressed, curled, rouged, and perfumed, before they are presented to the public.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802-1838) English poet and novelist [a/k/a L.E.L.]
Romance and Reality, Vol. 2, ch. 14 (1831)
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