Landor


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Landor

(ˈlændɔː)
n
(Biography) Walter Savage. 1775–1864, English poet, noted also for his prose works, including Imaginary Conversations (1824–29)
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References in classic literature ?
The only thing that made life worth living was the thought of Walter Savage Landor, from whose IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS she had promised to read at frequent intervals during the day.
Landor's remark that to those who have the greatest power of loving, love is a secondary affair, would not have recommended Landor to Eliza.
Concerning it Landor inquires "whether it is not to be referred to some purer state of sensation and existence."
(1778-1830), a romantically dogmatic but sympathetically appreciative critic; Thomas de Quincey (1785-1859), a capricious and voluminous author, master of a poetic prose style, best known for his 'Confessions of an English Opium-Eater'; Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864), the best nineteenth century English representative, both in prose and in lyric verse, of the pure classical spirit, though his own temperament was violently romantic; Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866), author of some delightful satirical and humorous novels, of which 'Maid Marian' anticipated 'Ivanhoe'; and Miss Mary Russell Mitford (1787-1855), among whose charming prose sketches of country life 'Our Village' is best and best-known.
Dur Hospitality appointed Landor, an American branding consultant to lead the relaunch of Makarem.
A salvage yard, three car part firms and a cafe lost a huge amount of trade after a lorry smashed into a bridge in Landor Street, in Bordesley Green, in January.
BA planes wore the design, officially known as Landor, during the 1980s and 90s, and for many passengers it remains "the" British Airways look.
This announcement follows Office Depot's March 2018 announcement of WPP's (NYSE: WPP) Y&R-led Office Depot Partnership, featuring VML, Landor and MediaCom, as the brand's new marketing partner.
One of these early travelers was Arnold Henry Savage Landor, an English writer and artist, who visited the capital in 1891.