Sunday, May 20, 2012

Stand-up guy …

 "In Defence of Harriet Shelley," by Mark Twain.

1 comment:

  1. The concluding expression of

    "It seems a pity that Shelley did not copy this creditable conduct of hers some time or other when under temptation, so that we might have seen the author of his biography hang the miracle in the skies and squirt rainbows at it."

    has stuck with we over the many years since I first read it.

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