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"We are now about to rise, like whales, from this long dive"

Posted on January 10, 2020 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 6, 2192.] To Edward L. Burlingame [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 169-71] Schooner Equator, at sea, Wednesday, 4th … Continue reading →

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“My 19th century strikes here, and lies alongside of something beautiful and ancient”

Posted on September 21, 2019 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 6, 2151.] To Herny James [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 127-9] Honolulu [towards the end of March 1889] My dear … Continue reading →

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“If I ever write an account of this voyage, may I place this letter at the beginning?”

Posted on July 3, 2019 by mafalda

[As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 6, 2123.] To John Addington Symonds [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 89-91] [Tautira] November 11th, 1888 One November night, in the village of Tautira, we sat at the high … Continue reading →

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“The children beat their parents here; it does not make their parents any better”

Posted on May 16, 2019 by mafalda

RLS addressed a part of this letter to William Archer’s son, ‘Tomarcher’, then aged three. [As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 6, 2119] To William and Thomas Archer [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 85-6] Taiti, … Continue reading →

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“I could bear to go down myself, but not to have much MS go down with me”

Posted on May 10, 2019 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 6, 2118.] To Sidney Colvin [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 82-4] Taiti, October 16th, 1888 My dear Colvin, … Continue reading →

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“We cam’ so near gaun heels ower hurdies”

Posted on April 29, 2019 by mafalda

[As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 6, 2111.] To Charles Baxter [Baxter Letters, 1956, pp. 236-7, at http://www.hathitrust.org%5D [Envelope marked “Private”] Taiti (as ever was) [? 9 October 1888] But then, my dear Charles, … Continue reading →

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“A cat-boat at our disposal, the sea always audible on the outer beach, the lagoon as smooth as glass”

Posted on March 5, 2019 by mafalda

Having spent the last fortnight of April 1888 at New York, RLS and his stepson Lloyd moved at the beginning of May to Manasquan, a small New Jersey watering-place; his wife having meanwhile gone to San Francisco, where she presently … Continue reading →

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"We are now about to rise, like whales, from this long dive"

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“My 19th century strikes here, and lies alongside of something beautiful and ancient”

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“If I ever write an account of this voyage, may I place this letter at the beginning?”

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“The children beat their parents here; it does not make their parents any better”

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“I could bear to go down myself, but not to have much MS go down with me”

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“We cam’ so near gaun heels ower hurdies”

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“A cat-boat at our disposal, the sea always audible on the outer beach, the lagoon as smooth as glass”

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