“…but the waters of life are for ever flowing onwards, and little trace do they bear of what clouds have darkened or reddened the waves below as they floated by.”

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

No.6. The Antiquary.— MARY MAC INTYRE.
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English poet and novelist 1802–1838

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