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Apologia Diffidentis, by W. Compton Leith
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Title: Apologia Diffidentis
Author: W. Compton Leith
Release Date: January 13, 2009 [EBook #27795]
Language: English
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Apologia Diffidentis
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
Sirenica
Apologia Diffidentis
By W. Compton Leith
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head. New York: John Lane Company MCMXVII
Third Edition
Printed in Great Britain by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh
To One Whose Friendship is beyond Desert and above Requital
Apologia Diffidentis
"I am naturally bashful; nor hath conversation, age, or travel been able to effront or enharden me."
SIR THOMAS BROWNE
In the matter of avowals the diffident never speak if they can write. That is why my apology for a furtive existence is here set down in solitude instead of being told