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I have no parting sigh to give, so take my parting smile.
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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the blessings of matrimony, like those of poverty, belong rather to philosophy than reality.
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Our first love-letter ... There is so much to be said, and which no words seems exactly to say - the dread of saying too much is so nicely balanced by the fear of saying too little. Hope borders on presumption, and fear on reproach.
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There is a large stock on hand but somehow or other, nobody's experience ever suits us but our own.
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