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Page 1 of 11909 · PDF PAGE 9
4 ALEXANDRA NOTES : 1. Translation by Mr A.B. Waulkphast. Alexandra ! Alexandra ! Read ! I will not be a Cassandra. (i.e. a prophetess of evil.) I will write those things which become me : Xenophon (an ancient writer . . . ah ! did you once see Shelley plain ? in his extant mas- terpiece) did no more. Alexandra ! Alexandra ! I will not be a bad Cassandra. (i.e. a seer of future misfortunes.) O spring ! make me a poet (poetess) concerning thee ! Reign ! Live ! Love ! Be fruitful ! Alexandra ! I being unarmed. (Because Mrs Cox is a woman. Cf. Vol…
1909 · PDF PAGE 3
… : dont worry : I was only teas- ing. She had originally picked up the unfinished M.S. to use as curl-papers. It was indeed written, as will be obvious from the style, on sheets of thin- nest, softest (and I believe sterilised) paper of a delicate and pleasing pale canary colour, mullioned at the shorter edges like a postage stamp These she had placed on my mantelpiece for pipe-spills, and forgotten about them. It is my pride and privilege through my old and esteemed consur, as I suppose I may say for the lady of confrère, to give the provide…
1909 · PDF PAGE 2
…rom the No. 1 belle dame of either of these cicisbeos), with one of the gentlemen whose name is on our title- page. The student of style will be able to make his or her choice. All we care about is that he or she should pay his or her money.
1909 · PDF PAGE 10
…ss ! was the brusque yet courtly reply. Why study it ? Rather synthesize it ! observed the thoughtful though dazzling monarch. I will, miss ! cried the youth, the flash of genius leaping to his eyes. And as we all know, he kept his word. 11. v. I. You saved . . . savedst. 12. It is said that on the occasion of an important shooting match at Hurlingham, in which the Prince of Wales was to take part, Queen Alexandra in full regalia rushed between No. 3 trap and the 24-yard mark, and, in noble imitation of the Empress Agrippina, smote he…