James Henry Leigh Hunt (19 October 1784 – 28 August 1859), best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist, poet and writer.
Read more about James Henry Leigh Hunt: Friend: Keats and Shelley, More Financial Difficulties, Other Works
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““No love,” quothe he, “but vanity, sets love a task like
that.””
—Leigh Hunt (1784–1859)
“It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)
“Thank God! none of my children have an atom of poetry in their composition!”
—Augusta Leigh (1783–1851)
“It is ... pathetic to observe the complete lack of imagination on the part of certain employers and men and women of the upper-income levels, equally devoid of experience, equally glib with their criticism ... directed against workers, labor leaders, and other villains and personal devils who are the objects of their dart-throwing. Who doesn’t know the wealthy woman who fulminates against the “idle” workers who just won’t get out and hunt jobs?”
—Mary Barnett Gilson (1877–?)