WorkRichard Holland
The Buke of the Howlat, Inferred
Richard Holland (fl. c. 1450)
InferredFuller quotes 'so tender and true' — Hudspeth identified this as a quotation from stanza 31 of Sir Richard Holland's Buke of the Howlat (ca. 1450): 'O Douglas, O Douglas! Fuller alludes to the Douglas family motto ("tender and true") associated with the Scottish poem *Buke of the Howlat* by Richard Holland (composed c.
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Documented 1840–1845
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“I cannot see why he should not have the pleasure of knowing now a friend, who has been "so tender and true.”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. II. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1984.
Inferred Fuller quotes 'so tender and true' — Hudspeth identified this as a quotation from stanza 31 of Sir Richard Holland's Buke of the Howlat (ca. 1450): 'O Douglas, O Douglas!
“May we be tender and true, it was the motto of the noblest house of a noble race, and one that would do honor to any one and any relation.”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. IV. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1987.
Inferred Fuller alludes to the Douglas family motto ("tender and true") associated with the Scottish poem Buke of the Howlat by Richard Holland (composed c. 1450), which contains the phrase "O Douglas, O Douglas!