SD1651. Henry Crabb Robinson to Thomas Robinson
As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 19, 366 (in part).
30 Russ: Square
29th April 1853
(30th
After writing the above and dining I went out for the Evening and was diverted from my intended calls by a playbill—I saw a tragedy by Browning. Tho’ in the front pit I could not hear And what I heard, did not comprehend I enjoyed only an Extravaganza which gave me more pleasure to the eye than ear Buckstones ascent to Mount Parnassus. A Parody on the Ascent to Mount Blanc– …
Publication: None traced.
Manuscript: Dr. Williams’s Library.
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