The Brownings' Correspondence: January 1845-July 1845, letters 1799-1981Wedgestone Press, 1992 |
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Page 57
... Certainly I read one volume of the ' Chute d'un ange ' .. I imagine I did - but my recollections are misty . I like his Meditations & lyrics far better than his longer poems . 11 Yes - Delphine Gay . 12 She is the daughter of the Madame ...
... Certainly I read one volume of the ' Chute d'un ange ' .. I imagine I did - but my recollections are misty . I like his Meditations & lyrics far better than his longer poems . 11 Yes - Delphine Gay . 12 She is the daughter of the Madame ...
Page 168
... Certainly we are not called to write fantasies , but interpretations - we are to read wisdom from an open book , & not to dream over it , idly . We can know nothing beyond what is revealed , — & the apocalypse of the present dis ...
... Certainly we are not called to write fantasies , but interpretations - we are to read wisdom from an open book , & not to dream over it , idly . We can know nothing beyond what is revealed , — & the apocalypse of the present dis ...
Page 273
... Certainly I sh have answered your letter long & long ago . The appearance must have been as if I had no interest in your verses or in your plans- & yet indeed the interest was in me , & is in me - only I have been crossed by various ...
... Certainly I sh have answered your letter long & long ago . The appearance must have been as if I had no interest in your verses or in your plans- & yet indeed the interest was in me , & is in me - only I have been crossed by various ...
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