The Brownings' Correspondence: January 1845-July 1845, letters 1799-1981Wedgestone Press, 1992 |
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Page 27
... reason honestly , if not analytically . Do you find him " un peu fort " as to nastiness - he who is nasty ' for fun ' , just as an ill bred schoolboy is ? Tell me . You know you bore him wonderfully at first . You did not bear Balzac ...
... reason honestly , if not analytically . Do you find him " un peu fort " as to nastiness - he who is nasty ' for fun ' , just as an ill bred schoolboy is ? Tell me . You know you bore him wonderfully at first . You did not bear Balzac ...
Page 160
... reason often do . He lives in the world , but loathes it , he says . Then , with all his darknesses , & charades of light , he is a very masculine writer & thinker , & as remote as possible from Balzac's type of the femmelette , Lucien ...
... reason often do . He lives in the world , but loathes it , he says . Then , with all his darknesses , & charades of light , he is a very masculine writer & thinker , & as remote as possible from Balzac's type of the femmelette , Lucien ...
Page 185
... reason of my ordinary position as a person who carries a larger bundle of sticks than he has strength for , & therefore lags & rests , & not to any other reason under sun . I have too much to do , .. too much writing . . of letters ...
... reason of my ordinary position as a person who carries a larger bundle of sticks than he has strength for , & therefore lags & rests , & not to any other reason under sun . I have too much to do , .. too much writing . . of letters ...
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50 Wimpole Street Address admiration Æschylus affectionate angels Armstrong Browning Library Athenæum Balzac beauty bless called Chorley critics dearest friend delighted Docket Drama of Exile Duchess EBB London EBB TO MARY EBB TO RB EBB-MRM EBB's hand Elizabeth Barrett eyes fancy feel genius Greek Harriet Martineau Hatcham hear heart HENRY FOTHERGILL CHORLEY hope Horne JOHN KENYON Jules Janin Kenyon kind Lady letter live look Manuscript Martineau MARY RUSSELL MITFORD mesmerism mind Miss Barrett Miss Mitford morning never Paracelsus perhaps pleasure poem poet poetess poetical poetry praise Prometheus Prometheus Bound provided by postmark Publication published RB TO EBB RB-EBB RB's hand reference rhyme Robert Browning Esq sense soul speak spirit sure talk tell thank thee thing thou thought Three Mile Cross truth verses Wellesley College wind woman word write wrote