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Lord John Russell : 

Letter, 25/11/1860 - 'The opening of the note enclosed from Mrs Browning refers to my having spoken of Lord John's last dispatch as giving me courage to write to her about Italy.'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: John Ruskin      Print: Newspaper

Lord John Russell : Life of William Lord Russell, with Some Account of the Times

'I employed myself in the evening, reading Lord John Russell's life of his ancestor Lord William Russell. The preface is modest, dignified, and forcible; the narrative is lucid; and the style is unaffected, and devoid of ornament, yet elegant. It is like the author. How much the sobriety of a sensible English book strengthens and refreshes the understanding, especially when we have lived some time in a dearth of English literature'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Charlotte Bury      Print: Book

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