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Walter Savage Landor
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: Conversations of Lord Byron with the Countess of Blessington
"Walter Savage Landor's copy of Conversations of Lord Byron with the Countess of Blessington takes issue with Byron's declaration that if they were married, he and the Countess Guiccioli would 'be cited as an instance of conjugal happiness,' by giving the counterevidence of a contemporary: 'yet Trelawney told me he was wearied to death by her fondness --'"
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Walter Savage Landor Print: Book
Robert Browning : Paracelsus
Walter Savage Landor to Robert Browning, c.18 March 1840: 'Three days have nearly slipped by me since I received your poem [Sordello] [...] You much overrate my judgement, but whatever it is, you shall have it, before I have redd it so often as I redd Paracelsus.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Walter Savage Landor Print: Book
William Gaskell : Lectures on the Lancashire Dialect
'I have sent your letter on to my husband by this post; but I must just say a very hearty thank you for the pleasure I know it will give him. It will come to him at the same time as my little confession of having thought his lectures worthy of your reading. I have been very much interested by your remarks which {are} will be of course still more interesting to one capable of entering into their full value'.
UnknownCentury: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Walter Savage Landor
Robert Browning : Dramatic Romances and Lyrics
Walter Savage Landor to Robert Browning, letter postmarked 10 November 1845: 'Before I have half re[a]d through your Dramatic Romances, I must acknowledge the delight I am receiving [...] What a profusion of imagery, covering what a depth of thought!'
