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Probably a certain young curate at Saint Margaret's could have thrown light on this point; but he married, took on a double chin, moved away to a fat living and never told. No woman is ever wise or good until destiny has subdued her by grinding her fondest hopes into the dust. Lizzie Flower was wise and good. She gave singing lessons to the Browning children.
Bram Stoker serving the party with tea in the little drawing-room behind the box; so that she had a good time while I was enjoying myself at a dinner at Sir Henry Thompson's, where I met Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Browning, and other distinguished gentlemen. These dinners of Sir Henry's are well known for the good company one meets at them, and I felt myself honored to be a guest on this occasion.
She hesitated, and in the silence the drawing-room door opened and Rosamund came in, holding an open letter in her hand, knitting her brows, and looking very grave and intense. She greeted the Canon with her usual warm cordiality, but still looked grave and preoccupied. "I've been writing to Mrs. Browning, about the house," she said earnestly. "It is damp, isn't it?" "Damp?" said the Canon.
Browning muses, Ah, but to find A certain mood enervate such a mind, Counsel it slumber in the solitude Thus reached, nor, stooping, task for mankind's good Its nature just, as life and time accord. But one is inclined to question the justice of Browning's charge, at least so far as it applies peculiarly to the poet.
If a worldly minded mother inculcates worldliness in her daughter, the daughter certainly ought to stand firm against the teaching; but if the daughter merely thinks she would rather read Browning than go to a party which her mother wishes her to attend, I think it is best for her to go to the party, even if she is conscious that her mother's motive is a worldly one.
When we were "made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth," the Maker of us all put a part of Himself into the mysterious substance. "Let each man," says Browning, "think himself a thought, an act, a breath of God." There is evil in our nature; but evil can mar us only so far as we allow it to become sin. It is in victory over evil that we find character and make.
Frank knew all the time that he was pitted against a hard man, and so his muscles were strained and his nerves were taut. "Now, fresh, we'll see what we can do for you," Browning said, as he made a mighty effort to land Frank on his back. "You are very kind," laughed Merriwell. "I will not forget your kindness." "You are not the only one," panted Browning. "There are others."
Bell. 'Experience, like a pale musician, holds A dulcimer of patience in his hand; Whence harmonies we cannot understand, Of God's will in His worlds, the strain unfolds In sad, perplexed minors. MRS. BROWNING. About this time Dixon returned from Milton, and assumed her post as Margaret's maid.
The dream was never realised. The vendor, Marchese Montecucculi, hoping to secure a higher price, drew back. Browning was about to force him by legal proceedings to fulfil his bargain, when it was discovered that the walls were cracked and the foundations were untrustworthy. To his great mortification the whole scheme had to be abandoned.
Browning was willing and happy to wait; a confidence possessed him that in the end he would be known fully and aright. On August 25th came a great outpouring of feeling from Miss Barrett. She took her friend so far into her confidence as to speak plainly of the household difficulties caused by her father's autocratic temper.
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