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1、LifeofRobertBrowningLifeofRobertBrowningbyWilliamSharp1LifeofRobertBrowningNote.InallimportantrespectsIleavethisvolumetospeakforitself.Forobviousreasonsitdoesnotpretendtobemorethana`Memoirepourservir':inthenatureofthings,thedefinitivebiographycannotappearformany
2、yearstocome.NonethelessgratefullymayItakethepresentopportunitytoexpressmyindebtednesstoMr.R.BarrettBrowning,andtootherrelativesandintimatefriendsofRobertBrowning,whohavegivenmeserviceableinformation,andotherwiserenderedkindlyaid.Forsomeofthehithertounpublishedde
3、tailsmythanksare,inparticular,duetoMrs.FraserCorkranandMissAliceCorkran,andtootheroldfriendsofthepoetandhisfamily,here,inItaly,andinAmerica;thoughinoneortwoinstances,Imayadd,IhadthemfromRobertBrowninghimself.ItiswithpleasurethatIfurtheracknowledgemyindebtednesst
4、oDr.Furnivall,fortheloanoftheadvance-proofsofhisprivately-printedpamphleton"Browning'sAncestors";andtotheBrowningSociety'sPublications--particularlytoMrs.SutherlandOrr'sandDr.Furnivall'sbiographicalandbibliographicalcontributionsthereto;toMr.Gosse'sbiographicala
5、rticleinthe`CenturyMagazine'for1881;toMr.Ingram's`LifeofE.B.Browning';andtothe`MemoirsofAnnaJameson',the`ItalianNote-Books'ofNathanielHawthorne,Mr.G.S.Hillard's`SixMonthsinItaly'(1853),andtheLivesandCorrespondenceofMacready,MissMitford,LeighHunt,andWalterSavageL
6、andor.Iregretthattheimperativeneedofconcisionhaspreventedtheinsertionofmanyoftheletters,anecdotes,andreminiscences,sogenerouslyplacedatmydisposal;butpossiblyImayhavesucceededineducingfromthemsomeessentialpartofthatlightwhichtheyundoubtedlycastuponthepersonalitya
7、ndgeniusofthepoet.2LifeofRobertBrowningCHAPTER1.Itmust,toadmirersofBrowning'swritings,appearsingularlyappropriatethatsocosmopolitanapoetwasborninLondon.Itwouldseemasthoughsomethingofthatmightycomplexlife,soconfusedlypettytothenarrowvision,sograndioseandevenmajes
8、tictothelargerken,hadblentwithhisbeingfromthefirst.Whatfitterbirthplaceforthepoetwhomacomradehascalledthe"SubtlestAssertoroftheSoulinSong",thepoetwhosewritingsareinde
