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Life and Letters of Robert Browning

Chapter VIII · Chapter 8

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1841-1844

'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon'--Letters to Mr. Frank Hill; Lady Martin--Charles Dickens--Other Dramas and Minor Poems--Letters to Miss Lee; Miss Haworth; Miss Flower--Second Italian Journey; Naples--E.

J.

Trelawney--Stendhal.

'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon' was written for Macready, who meant to perform the principal part; and we may conclude that the appeal for it was urgent, since it was composed in the space of four or five days.

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Life and Letters of Robert Browning

Chapter VIII · Chapter 8

Chapter 8 of Life and Letters of Robert Browning is here in full — 208 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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1841-1844

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'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon'--Letters to Mr. Frank Hill; Lady Martin--Charles Dickens--Other Dramas and Minor Poems--Letters to Miss Lee; Miss Haworth; Miss Flower--Second Italian Journey; Naples--E.

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J.

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Trelawney--Stendhal.

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'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon' was written for Macready, who meant to perform the principal part; and we may conclude that the appeal for it was urgent, since it was composed in the space of four or five days.

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1841

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From this reading 1841-1844

1844

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From this reading 1841-1844

A

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon'--Letters to Mr. Frank Hill; Lady Martin--Charles Dickens--Other Dramas and Minor Poems--Letters to Miss Lee; Miss Haworth; Miss Flower--Second Italian Journey; Naples--E.

and

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon'--Letters to Mr. Frank Hill; Lady Martin--Charles Dickens--Other Dramas and Minor Poems--Letters to Miss Lee; Miss Haworth; Miss Flower--Second Italian Journey; Naples--E.

appeal

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon' was written for Macready, who meant to perform the principal part; and we may conclude that the appeal for it was urgent, since it was composed in the space of four or five days.

Blot

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon'--Letters to Mr. Frank Hill; Lady Martin--Charles Dickens--Other Dramas and Minor Poems--Letters to Miss Lee; Miss Haworth; Miss Flower--Second Italian Journey; Naples--E.

Charles

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon'--Letters to Mr. Frank Hill; Lady Martin--Charles Dickens--Other Dramas and Minor Poems--Letters to Miss Lee; Miss Haworth; Miss Flower--Second Italian Journey; Naples--E.

composed

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conclude

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon' was written for Macready, who meant to perform the principal part; and we may conclude that the appeal for it was urgent, since it was composed in the space of four or five days.

days

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon' was written for Macready, who meant to perform the principal part; and we may conclude that the appeal for it was urgent, since it was composed in the space of four or five days.

Dickens

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon'--Letters to Mr. Frank Hill; Lady Martin--Charles Dickens--Other Dramas and Minor Poems--Letters to Miss Lee; Miss Haworth; Miss Flower--Second Italian Journey; Naples--E.

Dramas

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E

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon'--Letters to Mr. Frank Hill; Lady Martin--Charles Dickens--Other Dramas and Minor Poems--Letters to Miss Lee; Miss Haworth; Miss Flower--Second Italian Journey; Naples--E.

five

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon' was written for Macready, who meant to perform the principal part; and we may conclude that the appeal for it was urgent, since it was composed in the space of four or five days.

Flower

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon'--Letters to Mr. Frank Hill; Lady Martin--Charles Dickens--Other Dramas and Minor Poems--Letters to Miss Lee; Miss Haworth; Miss Flower--Second Italian Journey; Naples--E.

for

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon' was written for Macready, who meant to perform the principal part; and we may conclude that the appeal for it was urgent, since it was composed in the space of four or five days.

four

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon' was written for Macready, who meant to perform the principal part; and we may conclude that the appeal for it was urgent, since it was composed in the space of four or five days.

Frank

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon'--Letters to Mr. Frank Hill; Lady Martin--Charles Dickens--Other Dramas and Minor Poems--Letters to Miss Lee; Miss Haworth; Miss Flower--Second Italian Journey; Naples--E.

Haworth

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Hill

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon'--Letters to Mr. Frank Hill; Lady Martin--Charles Dickens--Other Dramas and Minor Poems--Letters to Miss Lee; Miss Haworth; Miss Flower--Second Italian Journey; Naples--E.

in

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon'--Letters to Mr. Frank Hill; Lady Martin--Charles Dickens--Other Dramas and Minor Poems--Letters to Miss Lee; Miss Haworth; Miss Flower--Second Italian Journey; Naples--E.

it

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon' was written for Macready, who meant to perform the principal part; and we may conclude that the appeal for it was urgent, since it was composed in the space of four or five days.

Italian

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon'--Letters to Mr. Frank Hill; Lady Martin--Charles Dickens--Other Dramas and Minor Poems--Letters to Miss Lee; Miss Haworth; Miss Flower--Second Italian Journey; Naples--E.

J

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From this reading J.

Journey

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon'--Letters to Mr. Frank Hill; Lady Martin--Charles Dickens--Other Dramas and Minor Poems--Letters to Miss Lee; Miss Haworth; Miss Flower--Second Italian Journey; Naples--E.

Lady

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon'--Letters to Mr. Frank Hill; Lady Martin--Charles Dickens--Other Dramas and Minor Poems--Letters to Miss Lee; Miss Haworth; Miss Flower--Second Italian Journey; Naples--E.

Lee

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon'--Letters to Mr. Frank Hill; Lady Martin--Charles Dickens--Other Dramas and Minor Poems--Letters to Miss Lee; Miss Haworth; Miss Flower--Second Italian Journey; Naples--E.

Letters

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Macready

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon' was written for Macready, who meant to perform the principal part; and we may conclude that the appeal for it was urgent, since it was composed in the space of four or five days.

Martin

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon'--Letters to Mr. Frank Hill; Lady Martin--Charles Dickens--Other Dramas and Minor Poems--Letters to Miss Lee; Miss Haworth; Miss Flower--Second Italian Journey; Naples--E.

may

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon' was written for Macready, who meant to perform the principal part; and we may conclude that the appeal for it was urgent, since it was composed in the space of four or five days.

meant

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon' was written for Macready, who meant to perform the principal part; and we may conclude that the appeal for it was urgent, since it was composed in the space of four or five days.

Minor

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon'--Letters to Mr. Frank Hill; Lady Martin--Charles Dickens--Other Dramas and Minor Poems--Letters to Miss Lee; Miss Haworth; Miss Flower--Second Italian Journey; Naples--E.

Miss

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon'--Letters to Mr. Frank Hill; Lady Martin--Charles Dickens--Other Dramas and Minor Poems--Letters to Miss Lee; Miss Haworth; Miss Flower--Second Italian Journey; Naples--E.

Mr

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon'--Letters to Mr. Frank Hill; Lady Martin--Charles Dickens--Other Dramas and Minor Poems--Letters to Miss Lee; Miss Haworth; Miss Flower--Second Italian Journey; Naples--E.

Naples

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon'--Letters to Mr. Frank Hill; Lady Martin--Charles Dickens--Other Dramas and Minor Poems--Letters to Miss Lee; Miss Haworth; Miss Flower--Second Italian Journey; Naples--E.

of

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon' was written for Macready, who meant to perform the principal part; and we may conclude that the appeal for it was urgent, since it was composed in the space of four or five days.

or

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon' was written for Macready, who meant to perform the principal part; and we may conclude that the appeal for it was urgent, since it was composed in the space of four or five days.

Other

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon'--Letters to Mr. Frank Hill; Lady Martin--Charles Dickens--Other Dramas and Minor Poems--Letters to Miss Lee; Miss Haworth; Miss Flower--Second Italian Journey; Naples--E.

part

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon' was written for Macready, who meant to perform the principal part; and we may conclude that the appeal for it was urgent, since it was composed in the space of four or five days.

perform

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon' was written for Macready, who meant to perform the principal part; and we may conclude that the appeal for it was urgent, since it was composed in the space of four or five days.

Poems

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon'--Letters to Mr. Frank Hill; Lady Martin--Charles Dickens--Other Dramas and Minor Poems--Letters to Miss Lee; Miss Haworth; Miss Flower--Second Italian Journey; Naples--E.

principal

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon' was written for Macready, who meant to perform the principal part; and we may conclude that the appeal for it was urgent, since it was composed in the space of four or five days.

Scutcheon

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon'--Letters to Mr. Frank Hill; Lady Martin--Charles Dickens--Other Dramas and Minor Poems--Letters to Miss Lee; Miss Haworth; Miss Flower--Second Italian Journey; Naples--E.

Second

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon'--Letters to Mr. Frank Hill; Lady Martin--Charles Dickens--Other Dramas and Minor Poems--Letters to Miss Lee; Miss Haworth; Miss Flower--Second Italian Journey; Naples--E.

since

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon' was written for Macready, who meant to perform the principal part; and we may conclude that the appeal for it was urgent, since it was composed in the space of four or five days.

space

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon' was written for Macready, who meant to perform the principal part; and we may conclude that the appeal for it was urgent, since it was composed in the space of four or five days.

Stendhal

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From this reading Trelawney--Stendhal.

that

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon' was written for Macready, who meant to perform the principal part; and we may conclude that the appeal for it was urgent, since it was composed in the space of four or five days.

the

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to

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Trelawney

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From this reading Trelawney--Stendhal.

urgent

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon' was written for Macready, who meant to perform the principal part; and we may conclude that the appeal for it was urgent, since it was composed in the space of four or five days.

was

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we

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon' was written for Macready, who meant to perform the principal part; and we may conclude that the appeal for it was urgent, since it was composed in the space of four or five days.

who

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon' was written for Macready, who meant to perform the principal part; and we may conclude that the appeal for it was urgent, since it was composed in the space of four or five days.

written

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From this reading 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon' was written for Macready, who meant to perform the principal part; and we may conclude that the appeal for it was urgent, since it was composed in the space of four or five days.

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