Friday, September 13, 2024

No Letter

Aphra Behn (1640-1689), The Love-Letters between a Nobleman and his Sister, pt. I., 1st letter to Sylvia:

                    I have lived a whole Day
                    and yet no Letter from Sylvia.

What Cannot Letters Inspire?

Letters of Abelard and Heloise , tr. John Hughes (London, 1776), II., Heloise to Abelard, 87-88: If a picture, which is but a mute represent...