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I would give worlds, could I believe One-half that is profess'd me Affection! could I think it Thee, When Flattery has caress'd me.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
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Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Age: 36 †
Born: 1802
Born: August 14
Died: 1838
Died: October 15
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