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Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington, was an English novelist born on September 1, 1789, and died on June 4, 1849. She was known for her delicate emotional descriptions and profound social insights, and her works were prominent in English literature during the early 19th century.

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“Thoughts come maimed and plucked of plumage from the lips, which, from the pea, in the silence of your own leisure and study, would be born with far more beauty.”

Would Be Born Silence Study Lips Leisure Peas

Author:Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

“Life would be as insupportable without the prospect of death, as it would be without sleep.”

Book:Desultory Thoughts and Reflections

Source: Desultory Thoughts and Reflections

“Modern historians are all would-be philosophers; who, instead of relating facts as they occurred, give us their version, or rather perversions of them, always colored by their political prejudices, or distorted to establish some theory . . .”

Giving Facts Would Be Political Modern Theory Prejudice Philosopher Versions Historian Perversion

Book:The Confessions of an Elderly Lady

Source: The Confessions of an Elderly Lady

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Born: September 1, 1789
Died: June 4, 1849
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 92

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