“I would add as Preface these words, There may be opinions, in one or…” — Walter Savage Landor

“I would add as Preface these words, There may be opinions, in one or other of these Conversations, which belong to the characters and age of the interlocutors, and which have been expresst by them in their writings, yet which can have no influence on our happier times.”

Historical context of opinions · Preface to Imaginary Conversations (letter, 1845)

Walter Savage Landor

About Walter Savage Landor

30 January 1775–17 September 1864

Walter Savage Landor was born on 30 January 1775 at Ipsley Court, near Warwick, England, into circumstances of comfort, cultivation, and inherited expectation. His father, Walter Landor, was a physician of substantial means and social standing; his mother, Elizabeth Savage, came from a family whose name and property…

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