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MB. BROWNING'S NEW VOLUME.
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I Z € o The Publishers Circular FeK 15 , . 188 7
Mb. Browning's New Volume.
MB . BROWNING'S NEW VOLUME .
poets Mr . may Browning be likened ' s positi to th & among t of Wagner English
amon those f ^ Bkp > ^ # P * PP ^ pT ^^ pT g who V V mo 4 ^*^ P" ^ PP ^ d 'stud ^ P ern ' ^ P * WV ^ P ^ VP y W mus and V * PV . » B . » VtfPJ ic reflect « BPP i ans ^ kpT pP »« Ba > ^ PT . ^ . BT P * T Hi As PBBBfc ^ P s ¦ PjbP' wor psycholog W W k ^^ The ^ s ^ ^^ ^^ are ^^ ^^ M ^^ V ^ ical ^ f ^^ or ^^
is creat distinctl ions they ar di ^ rector beyond of criticism thht . and those poet y oug
who read must learn : they cannot , teach in return .
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of his Paracelsus / That was in 1836 , since which time the numerous worka of Mr .
before Browning they weathere floated d into many the strong rough and storms safe
ful curren whether t of public the poet intellectualit would write y . It now is doubt as he
did of yore—4 ^ h . m tap * British n ~ alb a « fc A ( t ^ «^ Public . ^— *•• bV- « t ¦ a ^* r , ye * ^ a # who « r •» v ^ ¦ like ¦•» ^ at . ^^ ^ me ^ . « . »— ' nob A ^ ^^^ v
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to < fe * k Co ^ P the * k ^ . ) literature may be PBB Welcomed of the lan B as d a and jubilee ^ ^ B ^ ppfe offering we , - live ^ age
o in bject ; though was aimed there is at no by indication the poet th for at this the
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ideas and the to be able to congratulate of these the nifi public cent poems upon - from - appearance a pen --- which ---- has - - rarel ¦ y been r idle
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poet addressed means to . BB That the parley of ¦ universal ings bw bPPV are Pf and not personages bpp
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way wav The tolk f olk — c peop who whose — " ^ ' --- le - se - of names namfifi -, — importance ^ — - — - ^^ ^ v ^ few fe ^^ - w ^ - ^ v ^^ p » ^ ordin nr v * q ^ v ' ^ ppr are ^ pr tnarxr ^ Ba ^^ bf bPJ out- mortals mnrhals
of-thewill find , on the surface of memory ary . Names , however ¦¦ in --bbpj this B- instance bppj rw ¦¦» VVpips Ptm are of slight ¦
importance —— views — - m r - ™ - . - -PP to - p— - , Mr the - . ^ — Browning — — various . —— v _ p-p > ^ _ r ^ r-w -v- _ ,-, „ ^ p » » fi i- « p ^ merel , ar ^ r . iBp ^ t ^ ¦ y Jit whom » » a PPP * 1 » . dd ¦¦ PP IH - mr fl . ^ plBB ^_^ resses # B JJL > flpj " *» he J . PPi . A * B » Jf-P ' has h is *— gures -T ^ V ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ *^ ^ ^ T
found In in the obscure first p and lace crumbling we have tombs * Bernard . de Mandeville ppippjvii i ¦ ^ pppt . ^ . pi ^ pv w p ^ ppbbj ^ -w p « the ^ r pp « p . « author T » fj p ^ t % f , v «¦» # ^ ( Hto of * ¦¦ the w- pra i ' Fabl aTf e of ** the ^ p- — - . ^ M ^ p 1 ^* , ^^^ ^* . a ^^^ ^^ ^ p ^ p ^^^ ^ w ^ JJm ^^ p' ^*^ * a m BBppjplph ^ ¦ . pPBprt .. Jppl ^^^^^^ . ^^ _ — .. . aph ^
Bees ^^ / or Private "Vices Public Benefits / towards whose paradoxical speculations Mr . i .
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 15, 1887, page 160, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15021887/page/6/
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