The Brownings' Correspondence: January 1845-July 1845, letters 1799-1981Wedgestone Press, 1992 |
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... tell me the 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 ...
... tell me the 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 ...
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... Tell me if I ought not . Tell me your whole thought . Of course it is wholly dependent on the official invitation - I w not think of meddling otherwise . But if I am asked - ought I to say ' no ' - unless Papa says ' no'- ? I could not ...
... Tell me if I ought not . Tell me your whole thought . Of course it is wholly dependent on the official invitation - I w not think of meddling otherwise . But if I am asked - ought I to say ' no ' - unless Papa says ' no'- ? I could not ...
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... tell Miss Barrett why this & this is not done , ” — but I mean to tell you all , or more of , the truth , because you call me " flatterer " — so that my eyes widened again ! I , and in what ? And of whom , pray ? Not of you , at all ...
... tell Miss Barrett why this & this is not done , ” — but I mean to tell you all , or more of , the truth , because you call me " flatterer " — so that my eyes widened again ! I , and in what ? And of whom , pray ? Not of you , at all ...
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