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d. 1854 Scotland
John Gibson Lockhart (July 12, 1794 – November 25, 1854) was a Scottish biographer, literary critic, novelist and journalist, best known for his biography of his father-in-law, Walter Scott.
Scotland Biographers Critics Editors Journalists Also known as: J. G. Lockhart
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Barring drink and the girls, I ne'er heard of a sin –
Here lies the peerless paper lord, Lord Peter,
To the very last, he [Napoleon] had a kind of idea; that, namely, of la carrière ouverte aux talents — the tools to him that can handle them.
Sir Walter Scott in London and Westminster Review (1838)
It is an old belief
Rise up, rise up, Xarifa! lay your golden cushion down;
It is a better and a wiser thing to be a starved apothecary than a starved poet; so back to the shop Mr. John, back to "plasters, pills, and ointment boxes," &c. But, for Heaven's sake, young Sangrado, be a little more sparing of extenuatives and soporifics in your practice than you have been in your poetry.
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