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About the William Hamilton Maxwell
William Hamilton Maxwellwas an Irish novelist.
He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He claimed to have entered the British Army and seen service in the Peninsular War and the Battle of Waterloo, but this is generally believed to be untrue. Afterwards he took orders, but was deprived of his living for non-residence.
His novels, O’Harastarted the school of rollicking military fiction, which culminated in the novels of Charles Lever. Maxwell also wrote a Life of the Duke of Wellington- written in a spirit hostile to the rebels, and accompanied with similarly hostile illustrations by George Cruikshank.
Maxwell married Mary Dobbin, daughter of Thomas Dobbin.
5 Quotes by William Hamilton Maxwell
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Billing and cooing to me is worse to witness an execution.
William Hamilton MaxwellScots-Irish novelist (1792-1850)
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Never were two people more opposite in sentiment than my companions.
William Hamilton MaxwellScots-Irish novelist (1792-1850)
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I am naturally taciturn, and became a silent and attentive listener.
William Hamilton MaxwellScots-Irish novelist (1792-1850)
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Irishmen are not reserved, and the company appeared dying to be intimately acquainted.
William Hamilton MaxwellScots-Irish novelist (1792-1850)
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The country is in an extraordinary ferment.
William Hamilton MaxwellScots-Irish novelist (1792-1850)