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Page 1 of 11909 · PDF PAGE 13
… casa : 19. The loved disciple is perhaps St John. But Patmos is a rocky, not a wooded, island. Obscure. 20. Not a painted miniature, of course. More probably a black and white reproduction, or possi- bly a coloured one, of a sketch or photo- graph. Only the gentlemen and noblemen about the court would be in a position to order a painting on ivory by an artist such as Sargent or Herkomer from such sketch or photograph. 21. The nautical reference is, on the authority of Lloyds journal, obscure. 22. Cancelled passage, vv. XXXI, XXXII. XXXI Who t…
1909 · PDF PAGE 2
…as the orangegold clouds of deliciously perfumed mist stole, in spite of the Eighth com- mandment, down my chimney in Fleet Street ; [of course Diaper does not live in a chimney : she has a deevie flat there and the flat has a chimney, two chimneys, in fact, O.C.) myav thister litafir ? Woman ! I replied sternly, whence came it ? My practised eye had already detected the inde- scribable cachet of a treasure trove bene trovato, sin non veri similitudo ! as the immortal Mantuan bardic anarch hath it ah ! dear, dear old Dante ! Dunnom ! Oy…
1909 · PDF PAGE 3
…er was all Sir George got out of King Francis great lion at the battle of Pavium you have read Mrs Brownings scrumptious poemlet, of course. Diaper will at least avoid the Infernum pro- scribed for John Stuart Mill, Newtons dog, and Mr Warburtons housemaid. Nunquam plaudite !