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We care not how many see us in choler, when we rave and bluster, and make as much noise and bustle as we can but if the kindest and most generous affection comes across us, we suppress every sign of it, and hide ourselves in nooks and covert.

Walter Savage Landor

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Walter Savage Landor
Age: 89 †
Born: 1775
Born: January 30
Died: 1864
Died: September 17
Poet
Writer
Warwick
Warwickshire
Across
Covert
Comes
Suppress
Care
Sensibility
Many
Hide
Nooks
Much
Generous
Bluster
Every
Noise
Kindest
Make
Affection
Bustle
Sign
Rave

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