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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

[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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The public must be educated to buy my stories or I shall never make a cent

Posted on November 29, 2014 by

Nothing came of the other stories at the end of this lettere, but The Pavilion on the Links. [As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see … Continue reading →

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