| Browning Society (London, England) - 1886 - 312 pages
...Pauline— written in pursuance of a foolish plan I forget, or havo no wish to remember ; involving tlio assumption of several distinct characters ; the world...opera, such a comedy, such a speech proceeded from the sarao notable person." See again tho forewords to Paracelsus, which really contain the history of what... | |
| Browning Society (London, England) - 1885 - 466 pages
...oratorship. Here are his words : — "Pauline — written in pursuance of ft foolish plan I forjjet, or bare no wish to remember ; involving the assumption of...to guess that such an opera, such a comedy, such a spee«h proceeded from the same notable person." "... instead of having recourse to an external machinery... | |
| John Trivett Nettleship - 1890 - 478 pages
...producing under different names chefs d'ceuvre in music, drama, and oratorship. Here are his words : — 'Pauline — written in pursuance of a foolish plan...a speech proceeded from the same notable person.' See again the forewords to Paracelsus, which really contain the history of what I am going to insist... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1890 - 890 pages
...less blended. Five y ears aft erward he wrote on the fly-leaf of a copy of the original edition : " ' Pauline,' written in pursuance of a foolish plan I...a speech, proceeded from the same notable person. . . . 'Only this crab' (I find set down in my copy) ' remains of the shapely Tree of Life in my Fool's... | |
| William Sharp - Authors, English - 1890 - 260 pages
...publication, wrote : " Written in pursuance of a foolish plan I forget, or have no wish to remember; the world was never to guess that such an opera, such...such a speech proceeded from the same notable person. . . . Only this crab remains of the shapely Tree of Life in my fool's Paradise." It was in conformity... | |
| William Sharp - Poets, English - 1890 - 258 pages
...On the fly-leaf of a copy of this initial work, the poet, six years after its publication, wrote : " Written in pursuance of a foolish plan I forget, or have no wish to remember; the world was never to guess that such an opera, such a comedy, such a speech proceeded from the same... | |
| George Willis Cooke - English drama - 1891 - 484 pages
...fly-leaf of a copy of the book, according to the repoi t in the Browning Bibliography, page 38 : — " Pauline . . . written in pursuance of a foolish plan...proceeded from the same notable person. Mr. VA (see Pauline : A Fragwent of a Confession. 287 page second) was Poet of the party, and predestined to cut... | |
| Robert Browning - 1896 - 550 pages
...on the fly-leaf of a first edition of ' Pauline ' now treasured in the South Kensington Museum. " ' Pauline ' written in pursuance of a foolish plan I...a speech proceeded from the same notable person." Some idea had been entertained of the possibility of Robert's qualifying himself for the bar, but Mr.... | |
| Richard Hovey - Literary Criticism - 1896 - 236 pages
...this a very curious passage which was written by Browning on the fly-leaf of a copy of' Pauline': " Pauline . . . written in pursuance of a foolish plan...such a speech proceeded from the same notable person. . . . Only this crab remains of the shapely Tree of Life in my Fool's Paradise." Although Browning... | |
| Robert Browning - 1896 - 562 pages
...on the fly-leaf of a first edition of ' Pauline ' now treasured in the South Kensington Museum. " ' Pauline ' written in pursuance of a foolish plan I...a speech proceeded from the same notable person." Some idea had been entertained of the possibility of Robert's qualifying himself for the bar, but Mr.... | |
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