"Now let us bandy words no more... nothing is easier than sharp words, except to wish them unspoken."
✒ English novelist #RDBlackmore, author of "Lorna Doone," passed away #OTD 20 January 1900. #Literature
“The motives of mankind are plainer than the motions they produce.”
200th Anniversary ✒️ #RDBlackmore, English novelist (Lorna Doone), was #BOTD 7 June 1825. #Literature
R. D. Blackmore (1825-1900), Novelist
Died #otd R. D. Blackmore (1825-1900), Novelist, 125 years ago today #RDBlackmore life story...
"Now let us bandy words no more... nothing is easier than sharp words, except to wish them unspoken."
✒ English novelist #RDBlackmore, author of "Lorna Doone," passed away #OTD 20 January 1900. #Literature
Richard Doddridge Blackmore (1825-1900) was a Berkshire-born novelist most famous for his "romance of Exmoor", Lorna Doone. #RDBlackmore #WessexWorthies
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