Meredith is a prose Browning. So is Browning.

“Todo impulso que empenhamos em sufocar incuba no nosso espírito e nos envenena.…”

“Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one c…”

“Die Frauen, hat einmal ein witziger Franzose gesagt, regen uns an, Meisterwerke…”

“The basis of optimism is sheer terror. We think that we are generous because we…”