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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

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	From Ethel Churchill Volume 3 Chapter 30, 1837 1 day ago	View
	The actual origin of this is 'The Widow's Mite', published in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1836. 1 day ago	View
	This poem was published in the journal Emmanuel, 1830 1 day ago	View
	This poem is from The Literary Gazette, 1822 as A Fragment in Rhyme 2 days ago	View
	This poem is from Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1836. Also Known as 'Immolation of a Hindoo Widow" 3 days ago	View
	It should be remarked that this Sir Francis is not Francis Drake. That is not a mistake that Letitia Landon was even remotely likely to make. 3 days ago	View
	This poem is from The Literary Gazette in 1826 3 days ago	View
	This poem is from Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1835 4 days ago	View
	This poem was published late in 1832, in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1833, primarily under the title 'Collegiate Church, Manchester'. 5 days ago	View
	This poem comes from Ethel Churchill, Volume 3, 1837 7 days ago	View
	From Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1836 9 days ago	View
	As in the title, this poem is inspired by a picture by Stewardson. 9 days ago	View
	The poem is focused on a picture of feasting in the hall as described by Sir Walter Scott 9 days ago	View
	This poem is from The Literary Gazette, 1826 11 days ago	View
	Other wise known as The Evening Prayer From The Juvenile Forget Me Not, 1832 12 days ago	View

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