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I hear on all sides I am to be attacked as an immoral writer

Posted on November 28, 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 5, 1481.] To Henry James [Colvin 1911, 2, pp. 295-297] Skerryvore, Bournemouth, October 28, 1885 My dear … Continue reading →

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You will never be a Pirate!

Posted on March 6, 2016 by mafalda

This amiable and excellent public servant, art-critic, and versifier was a friend of old Savile Club days; the drift of his letter can easily be guessed from this reply. [As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney … Continue reading →

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We do not seem to be so badly off for commanders

Posted on February 24, 2016 by mafalda

The allusions in the second paragraph are to the commanders in the Nile campaigns of those years. [Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 4, 1227.] … Continue reading →

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I hear on all sides I am to be attacked as an immoral writer

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You will never be a Pirate!

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