Life And Letters of Robert Browning
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I give the story as it survives in the fresher memory ofMr. Val Prinsep, who also received it from Mr. Browning.
'At Florence lived a curious old savant who in his day was well knownto all who cared for art or history. I fear now few live who recollectKirkup. He was quite a mine of information on all kinds of forgottenlore. It was he who discovered Giotto's portrait of Dante in theBargello. Speaking of some friend, he said, "He is a most ignorantfellow! Why, he does not know how to cast a horos...cope!" Of him Browningtold me the following story. Kirkup was much taken up with spiritualism, in which he firmly believed. One day Browning called on him to borrow abook. He rang loudly at the storey, for he knew Kirkup, like Landor, was quite deaf. To his astonishment the door opened at once and Kirkupappeared.
'"Come in, " he cried; "the spirits told me there was some one at thedoor. Ah! I know you do not believe! Come and see. Mariana is in atrance!" 'Browning entered. In the middle room, full of all kinds of curiousobjects of "vertu", stood a handsome peasant girl, with her eyes fixedas though she were in a trance.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
I give the story as it survives in the fresher memory ofMr. Val Prinsep, who also received it from Mr. Browning.
'At Florence lived a curious old savant who in his day was well knownto all who cared for art or history. I fear now few live who recollectKirkup. He was quite a mine of information on all kinds of forgottenlore. It was he who discovered Giotto's portrait of Dante in theBargello. Speaking of some friend, he said, "He is a most ignorantfellow! Why, he does not know how to cast a horos...cope!" Of him Browningtold me the following story. Kirkup was much taken up with spiritualism, in which he firmly believed. One day Browning called on him to borrow abook. He rang loudly at the storey, for he knew Kirkup, like Landor, was quite deaf. To his astonishment the door opened at once and Kirkupappeared.
'"Come in, " he cried; "the spirits told me there was some one at thedoor. Ah! I know you do not believe! Come and see. Mariana is in atrance!" 'Browning entered. In the middle room, full of all kinds of curiousobjects of "vertu", stood a handsome peasant girl, with her eyes fixedas though she were in a trance.
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