Madeleine Quinn
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Truth is like the philosopher's stone, a thing not to be discovered. – Letitia Elizabeth Landon Famous Quote	added 2 years ago
Vanity is the real lever with which Archimedes said he could move the earth; – Letitia Elizabeth Landon Famous Quote	added 3 years ago
The past was once the future, and it wrought In the high presence of on-looking thought ; All that we have, was by its efforts brought. – Letitia Elizabeth Landon Famous Quote	added 8 years ago
I like a cat because it does not disguise its selfishness with any flattering hypocrisies. Its attachment is not to yourself, but to your house. Let it but have food, and a warm lair among the embers, and it heeds not at whose expense. Then it has the spirit to resent aggression. You shall beat your dog, and he will fawn upon you; but a cat never forgives : it has no tender mercies, and it torments before it destroys its prey. – Letitia Elizabeth Landon Famous Quote	added 8 years ago
Praise — actual personal praise— oftener frets and embarrasses than it encourages. It is too small when too near. – Letitia Elizabeth Landon Famous Quote	added 8 years ago

	The original poem however illustrated a picture of the ruins clearly entitled Assar Mahal, Beejapore, so its location was in fact given correctly. 8 hours ago	View
	Ruins near Agra, in the title of this poem, appears to have been added accidentally. If Letitia had been able to phone a friend (Emma Roberts), this would not have happened! 14 hours ago	View
	This was first published in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1832 (late in 1831). One of its primary subjects is slavery. 1 day ago	View
	From Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1833 4 days ago	View
	From Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1833 4 days ago	View
	From Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1836 4 days ago	View
	From Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1836 4 days ago	View
	From Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1836 4 days ago	View
	From Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1836 4 days ago	View
	This is from From Ethel Churchill, Volume 1, 1837 4 days ago	View
	The quote is from "The Merchant of Venice" 4 days ago	View
	Also known as 'The Indian Girl' 4 days ago	View
	The Song of the Bell is a well-known poem by Schiller, which was illustrated by Retzsch 5 days ago	View
	This poem is from Poetical Sketches of Modern Pictures in The Troubadour and Other Poems, 1825 6 days ago	View
	See also under Hindoo Temples and Palace at Madura 8 days ago	View