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Query: ADA
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Sergey B. Ilyin <isb@glas.apc.org> poses the following two queries:
1) ADA, I. 23. Van asks Lucette to memorize a poem by "Robert Brown." Ada
says: "Let her try the one about finding a feather and seeing Peacock
plain." I suspect Browning. Can anyone provie the exact source?
2) ADA I.25. Boutellian says to Van: "The winds of the wilderness are
indiscreet. Tel un lis sauvage confiant au desert...." Van recognizes
this as a citation from Delille. My question: Is it Jacques? I have
Russian translations of his LES JARDINS but don't find anything remotely
similar.
1) ADA, I. 23. Van asks Lucette to memorize a poem by "Robert Brown." Ada
says: "Let her try the one about finding a feather and seeing Peacock
plain." I suspect Browning. Can anyone provie the exact source?
2) ADA I.25. Boutellian says to Van: "The winds of the wilderness are
indiscreet. Tel un lis sauvage confiant au desert...." Van recognizes
this as a citation from Delille. My question: Is it Jacques? I have
Russian translations of his LES JARDINS but don't find anything remotely
similar.