LETITIA See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

ELIZABETH See also:

• LANDON, CHARLES PAUL (1760-1826)
• LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON (18o2-1838)

LANDON (18o2-1838)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English poet and novelist, better known by her See also:

• INITIALS (Lat. initialis, of or belonging to a beginning, initium)

initials L . E . L. than as See also:

• MISS

Miss See also:

• LANDON, CHARLES PAUL (1760-1826)
• LANDON, LETITIA ELIZABETH (18o2-1838)

Landon or Mrs Maclean, was descended from an old See also:

• HEREFORD

Hereford-See also:

• SHIRE

shire See also:

• FAMILY

family, and was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• CHELSEA

Chelsea on the 14th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1802 . She went to a school in Chelsea where Miss See also:

• MITFORD, MARY RUSSELL (1787-1855)
• MITFORD, WILLIAM (1744-1827)

Mitford also received her See also:

• EDUCATION

education . Her See also:

• FATHER

father, an See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent, amassed a large See also:

• PROPERTY

property, which he lost by See also:

• SPECULATION

speculation shortly before his See also:

• DEATH

death . About 1815 the Landons made the acquaintance of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• JERDAN, WILLIAM (1782-186g)

Jerdan, and Letitia began her contributions to the See also:

• LITERARY

Literary See also:

• GAZETTE

Gazette and to various See also:

• CHRISTMAS (i.e. the Mass of Christ)

Christmas annuals . She also published some volumes of See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse, which soon won for her a wide literary fame . The See also:

• GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle See also:

• MELANCHOLY (Gr. µe)tayXotia, from µEtas, black, and Xotii, bile)

melancholy and romantic sentiment her writings embodied suited the See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste of the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, and would in any See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case have secured her the sympathy and approval of a I these See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• WORKS

works it has some points of greatness in See also:

• COMMON

common. wide class of readers . She displays richness of See also:

• FANCY (a shortened form, dating from the 15th century, of " fantasy," which is derived through the O. Fr. fantasie, modern fantaisie. from the Latinized form of the Gr. cbavraoia, Oavrai'ecv, Oat Pais, to show)

fancy and aptness The superhuman See also:

• ISOLATION

isolation of agony and endurance which en-of See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language, but her See also:

• WORK

work suffered from hasty See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production, and circles and exalts the See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero is in each case expressed with equally has not stood the test of See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . The large sums she earned by her appropriate magnificence of effect . The See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style of See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count See also:

• JULIAN (FLAVIUS CLAUDIUS JULIANUS) (331-363)

Julian, literary labours were expended on the support of her family. if somewhat deficient in dramatic ease and the fluency of natural An engagement to See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• FORSTER, FRANCOIS (179o-,872)
• FORSTER, FRIEDRICH CHRISTOPH (1791-1868)
• FORSTER, JOHANN GEORG ADAM (1754-1794)
• FORSTER, JOHN (1812-1876)
• FORSTER, JOHN COOPER (1823-1886)
• FORSTER, WILLIAM EDWARD (1818-1886)

Forster, it is said, was broken off through See also:

• DIALOGUE

dialogue, has such might and purity and See also:

• MAJESTY (Fr. majeste; Lat. majestas, grandeur, greatness, from the base mag-, as in magnus, great, major, greater, &c.)

majesty of speech as the intervention of scandalmongers . In See also:

• JUNE

June 1838 she married elsewhere we find only in See also:

• MILTON
• MILTON, JOHN (1608–1674)

Milton so See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long and so steadily sustained .

See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George Maclean, See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of the See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

Gold See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

Coast, but, she only sur- In May 1811 See also:

• LANDOR, WALTER SAVAGE (1775-1864)

Landor had suddenly married Miss Julia Thuillier, vived her See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage, which proved to be very unhappy, by a few with whose looks he had fallen in love at first sight in a See also:

• BALL (in Mid. Eng. bal; the word is probably cognate with " bale," Teutonic in origin, cf. also Lat. falls, and Gr. 7raXXa)
• BALL, JOHN (1585-1640)
• BALL, JOHN (1818-1889)
• BALL, JOHN (d. 1381)
• BALL, SIR ALEXANDER JOHN, BART
• BALL, THOMAS (1819- )

ball-See also:

• ROOM

room months . She died on the 15th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1838 at Cape Coast from at See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

Bath; and in June they settled for a while at Llanthony See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey an overdose of prussic See also:

• ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid, which, it is supposed, was taken in See also:

• MONMOUTHSHIRE

Monmouthshire, from whence he was worried in three years' accidentally. time by the combined vexation of neighbours and tenants, For some time L . E . L. was See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint editor of the Literary Gazette. lawyers and lords-See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant; not before much toil and See also:

• MONEY

money Her first See also:

• VOLUME

volume of See also:

• POETRY

poetry appeared in 182o under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title The had been nobly wasted on attempts to improve the sterility of See also:

• FATE

Fate of See also:

• ADELAIDE
• ADELAIDE (Ger. Adelheid) (931-999)

Adelaide, and was followed by other collectionseof verses the See also:

• LAND

land, to relieve the wretchedness and raise the See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of with similar titles . She also wrote several novels, of which the best is Ethel See also:

• CHURCHILL (MISSINNIPPI or ENGLISH)
• CHURCHILL, CHARLES (1731-1764)
• CHURCHILL, LORD RANDOLPH HENRY SPENCER (1849-1895)

Churchill (1837) . Various See also:

• EDITIONS

editions of her Poetical Works I the peasantry . He See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England for See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France at first, but after have been published since her death, one in 188o with an intro- a brief See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence at See also:

• TOURS

Tours took up his See also:

• ABODE (from " abide," to dwell, properly " to wait for ," to bide)

abode for three years at fuctory memoir by W . B . See also:

• SCOTT, ALEXANDER (fl. 1550)
• SCOTT, DAVID (18o6-1849)
• SCOTT, MICHAEL (1789-1835)
• SCOTT, ROBERT (1811-1887)
• SCOTT, SIR GEORGE GILBERT (1811-1878)
• SCOTT, SIR WALTER, BART
• SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL (1811-1890)
• SCOTT, WINFIELD (1786-1866)

Scott .