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Papers, Parts 8-9

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...
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The Browning Society's Papers, Issue 22, Parts 7-9

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...
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Robert Browning: Essays and Thoughts

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...
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Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of ..., Volume 14; Volume 29

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...
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Life of Robert Browning

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...
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Life of Robert Browning

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...
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A Guide-book to the Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning

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...
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Poems of Robert Browning: From the Author's Revised Text of 1889. His Own ...

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....
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Taliesin: A Masque, Volume 1

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...
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The Poems of Robert 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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