The Works of Robert Browning
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ISBN13: 9780217138055
Paperback|9780217138055
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: NON dubito, quin titulus libri nostri raritate sua quamplurimos alliciat ad legendum: inter quos nonnulli obliquae opinionis, mente languid , multi etiam maligni, et in ingenium nostrum ingrati accedent, qui temeraria sua ignorantia, vix conspecto titulo clamabunt. Nos vetita docere, haeresium semina jacere: piis auribus offendiculo, praeclaris ingeniis scandalo esse: . . . adeo conscientiae suae consulentes, ut nee Apollo, nee Musae omnes, neque Angelus de ccelo me ab illorum execratione vindicare queant: quibus et ego nunc consulo, ne scripta nostra legant, nee intelligant, nee meminerint: nam noxia sunt, vene- nosa sunt: Acherontis ostium est in hoc libro, lapides loquitur, caveant, ne cerebrum illis excutiat. Vos autem, qui aequa mente ad legendum venitis, si tantam prudentiae discretionem adhibueritis, quantam in melle legendo apes, jam securi legite. Puto namque vos et utilitatis baud parum et voluptatis plurimum accepturos. Quod si qua repereritis, quae vobis non placeant, mittite ilia, nee utimini. Nam ET EGO VOB1S Illa Non Probo, Sed NARRO. Caetera tamen propterea non re- spuite. . . . Ideo, si quid liberius dictum sit, ignoscite adolescentiae nostrae, qui minor quoin adolescens hoc opus composui.?Hen. Corn. Agrippa, De Occult. Philosoph. in Prafat. LONDON: January 1833. V. A. XX. This introduction would appear less absurdly pretentious did it apply, as was intended, to a completed structure of which the poem was meant for only a beginning and remains a fragment.] Note by R. B., 1888.] PAULINE Pauline, mine own, bend o'er me?thy soft breast Shall pant to mine?bend o'er me?thy sweet eyes, And loosened hair and breathing lips, and arms Drawing me to thee?these build up a screen To shut me in with thee, and from all fear; 5 So that I might unlock the ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217138055 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217138055 |
| Weight | 0.91 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.63 In |
| List Price | $21.05 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 278 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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