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BROWNING, Robert (1812-1889). Three autograph letters signed to 'Mr Dean' [A.P. Stanley, Dean of Westminster Abbey], 19 Warwick Crescent, 19 December 1876 - 25 January 1879, together 5 pages, 8vo.
Donne, Pope and 'Popery': a letter of 19 January 1877 quotes a passage from Donne's Second Satire which mocks Martin Luther's abbreviation of the Lord's Prayer, together with Pope's condensation of the same lines, with a reference to Donne's 'strong propensity to Popery': 'I daresay there are further illustations in Grosart's edition of Donne (dedicated to my unworth self) but I cannot refer to it at this moment', asking Stanley not to trouble to acknowledge 'what I fancied might save you from the pains of unshelving a book or two'. The remaining letters respond to invitations in the warmest terms. (3)
Donne, Pope and 'Popery': a letter of 19 January 1877 quotes a passage from Donne's Second Satire which mocks Martin Luther's abbreviation of the Lord's Prayer, together with Pope's condensation of the same lines, with a reference to Donne's 'strong propensity to Popery': 'I daresay there are further illustations in Grosart's edition of Donne (dedicated to my unworth self) but I cannot refer to it at this moment', asking Stanley not to trouble to acknowledge 'what I fancied might save you from the pains of unshelving a book or two'. The remaining letters respond to invitations in the warmest terms. (3)
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