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“All’s well that ends well”

Posted on October 3, 2023 by mafalda

[As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 8, 2677.] To Sidney Colvin [Vailima Letters, 1912, pp. 240-4] [Vailima, c. 28 December 1893] My dear Colvin, … Continue reading →

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“We are in that part of the year which I like the best – the Rainy or Hurricane Season”

Posted on September 11, 2023 by mafalda

[For correct and critical edition of this letters, see Mehew 8, 2663.] To Alison Cunningham [Colvin 1911, 4, pp. 261-2] Vailima, December 5, 1893 My dearest Cummy, This goes to you with a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The Happy … Continue reading →

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“Well, the war has at last begun”

Posted on April 21, 2023 by mafalda

[As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 8, 2595.] To Sidney Colvin [Colvin 1911, 4, pp. 217-30] [Vailima,] Saturday, 24th (?) June [1893] My … Continue reading →

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“I would tell you more of it, but I think I’m going to use it in a tale”

Posted on September 12, 2021 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 7, 2378.] To Sidney Colvin (continued) [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 378-92] Thursday [17 December] – Yesterday the same expedition set forth … Continue reading →

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“All my other women have been as ugly as sin”

Posted on February 21, 2021 by mafalda

[As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 7, 2317.] To Sidney Colvin [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 308-14] [Vailima] April 29th, ’91 My dear Colvin, I begin … Continue reading →

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“A holiday is required”

Posted on October 24, 2020 by mafalda

[As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 7, 2287.] To Sidney Colvin [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 256-67] [Vailima] Monday, twenty-somethingth [22] of December 1890 My … Continue reading →

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“I will not sit down under the name of a giver of White Elephants”

Posted on August 28, 2018 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 1979.] To Adelaide Boodle [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 44-45] Saranac Lake, Christmas 1887. My dear Miss Boodle, And a … Continue reading →

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“I have fallen head over heels into a new tale, The Master of Ballantrae”

Posted on August 15, 2018 by mafalda

[As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 1974.] To Sidney Colvin [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 41-43] [Saranac Lake, December 24, 1887] My dear Colvin, … Continue reading →

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“I thocht I was sae dam patriotic j’inin'”

Posted on July 28, 2018 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 1964.] To Charles Baxter [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 35-36] Saranac Lake, 12th December ’87 My dear Charles, Will … Continue reading →

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Do not forget that even as ‘laborare’, so ‘joculari’, est orare; and to be happy the first step to being pious

Posted on February 14, 2016 by mafalda

[As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 4, 1204.] To his parents [Colvin 1911, 2, pp. 192-193] La Solitude [c. 23 December, 1883] My … Continue reading →

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“All’s well that ends well”

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“We are in that part of the year which I like the best – the Rainy or Hurricane Season”

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“Well, the war has at last begun”

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“I would tell you more of it, but I think I’m going to use it in a tale”

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“All my other women have been as ugly as sin”

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“A holiday is required”

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“I will not sit down under the name of a giver of White Elephants”

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“I have fallen head over heels into a new tale, The Master of Ballantrae”

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“I thocht I was sae dam patriotic j’inin'”

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Do not forget that even as ‘laborare’, so ‘joculari’, est orare; and to be happy the first step to being pious

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