50 Wimpole Street.
Jan. 15. 1845.
Dear Mr Browning
The fault was clearly with me & not with you.
When I had an Italian master, years ago, he told me that there was an unpronounceable English word which absolutely expressed me, & which he wd say in his own tongue as he could not in mine, .. ‘testa lunga.’ Of course the signor meant headlong!-and now I have had enough to tame me, & might be expected to stand still in my stall. But you see I do not. Headlong I was at first, & headlong I continue-precipitously rushing forward through all manner
15 January 1845. Browning, Elizabeth Barrett to Browning, Robert.
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1845-01-15
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Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
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Browning, Robert
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50 Wimpole Street.
Jan. 15. 1845.
Dear Mr Browning
The fault was clearly with me & not with you.
When I had an Italian master, years ago, he told me that there was an unpronounceable English word which absolutely expressed me, & which he wd say in his own tongue as he could not in mine, .. ‘testa lunga.’ Of course the signor meant headlong!-and now I have had enough to tame me, & might be expected to stand still in my stall. But you see I do not. Headlong I was at first, & headlong I continue-precipitously rushing forward through all manner