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The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson to His Family and Friends ; Selected and Edited with Notes and Introd. By Sidney Colvin : Volume 1

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...he others looking on with evident delight at having such a linguist in the family. As all my remarks were duly translated and communicated to the rest... ... reserved his defence. He has been seedy, however; principally sick of the family evil, despondency; the sun is gone out utterly; and the breath of th... ...rds cannot tell how good they are! And the scene where Clarissa beards her family, with her fan going all the while; and some of the quarrel scenes be... ...man. Next address, Poste Restante, Alais, Gard. Give my servilities to the family. Health bad; spirits, I think, looking up. – Ever yours, R. L S. Let... ...ER 1878. MY DEAR MOTHER, – I have seen Hamerton; he was very kind, all his family seemed pleased to see an Inland Voyage, and the book seemed to be qu... ...rother is one of the ancientest, did nothing for me? As for my seamen, did Runciman ever know eighteenth century buc- caneers? No? Well, no more did I...

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