“But as our explanation will be more brief than one broken in upon by words of wonder, regret, and affection, we will proceed to it; holding that explanation, like advice, should be of all convenient shortness.”

—  Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Heath's book of Beauty, 1833 (1832)

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English poet and novelist 1802–1838

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