Dear Mrs Jameson,
I must throw my poor self on your goodness: I set out last evening as in duty bound, but,-(that willingness of spirit should avail so little against weakness of ôesh!)-was quite unable to proceed farther than a house where an engagement of importance obliged me to call in my way; (I ought to have said that I have
[ca. 1840]. Browning, Robert to Jameson, Anna Brownell.
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1840
Author
Browning, Robert
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Jameson, Anna Brownell
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Dear Mrs Jameson,
I must throw my poor self on your goodness: I set out last evening as in duty bound, but,-(that willingness of spirit should avail so little against weakness of ôesh!)-was quite unable to proceed farther than a house where an engagement of importance obliged me to call in my way; (I ought to have said that I have