Kapa Posted 11 years ago
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Would you please explain the following bold sentences?
She sternly repressed a tendency to boisterousness when she reflected that Sidney Lanier must have been somewhat like her long-departed cousin, Joshua Singleton St. Clair, whose private literary preserves stretched from the Black Belt to Bayou La Batre. Jean Louise’s aunt often held up Cousin Joshua to her as a family example not lightly to be discountenanced: he was a splendid figure of a man, he was a poet, he was cut off in his prime, and Jean Louise would do well to remember that he was a credit to the family. His pictures did the family well—Cousin Joshua looked like a ratty Algernon Swinburne.
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Would you please explain the following bold sentences?
She sternly repressed a tendency to boisterousness when she reflected that Sidney Lanier must have been somewhat like her long-departed cousin, Joshua Singleton St. Clair, whose private literary preserves stretched from the Black Belt to Bayou La Batre. Jean Louise’s aunt often held up Cousin Joshua to her as a family example not lightly to be discountenanced: he was a splendid figure of a man, he was a poet, he was cut off in his prime, and Jean Louise would do well to remember that he was a credit to the family. His pictures did the family well—Cousin Joshua looked like a ratty Algernon Swinburne.
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Jean Louise’s aunt often used Cousin Joshua as an example that nobody could disagree with. Algernon Charles Swinburne was a recognized English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic from the 1800’s. Presumably the pictures were hand drawn and resembled the poet.
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Jean Louise’s aunt often used Cousin Joshua as an example that nobody could disagree with.
Algernon Charles Swinburne was a recognized English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic from the 1800’s. Presumably the pictures were hand drawn and resembled the poet. ‘Ratty’ would mean ‘untidy’ perhaps.
Algernon Charles Swinburne was a recognized English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic from the 1800’s. Presumably the pictures were hand drawn and resembled the poet. ‘Ratty’ would mean ‘untidy’ perhaps.
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Thank you for your answer, I got he looked liked that poet, but I was wondering "his pictures did the family well" refers to what? his pictures did what for his family?
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