Samuel Lover Quotes


The neck on which diamonds might have worthily sparkled, will look less tempting when the biting winter has hung icicles there for gems.


Citations

Lover, Samuel. Rory O'More: A National Romance. Vol. 1, Richard Bentley, 1837, p. 214.

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Samuel Lover
Samuel Lover
  • Born: February 24, 1797
  • Died: July 6, 1868
  • Nationality: Irish
  • Profession: Artist

Samuel Lover, also known as "Ben Trovato" ("well invented"), was an Irish songwriter, composer, novelist, and a painter of portraits, chiefly miniatures. He was the grandfather of Victor Herbert.