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Re: portagoose
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Brett Zombro <[log in to unmask]>
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Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 2 Jul 1998 14:57:08 -0400
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At 02:15 PM 7/1/98 -0400, Tim Redman  wrote:
>Pound said it, my recollection of where he said it is unclear, but I
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>On Sat, 9 May 1998 10:23:27 -0800 Mark <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Does anybody know who said
>> "referred to no longer as the goddam portagoose
>> but as England's oldest ally"
>> and under what circumstances?
 
It's from Canto 27 (p.129 in the 1979 ND), but I suspect that Mark was
quoting the canto and asking about the source of Pound's line.
Good question -- anybody know?
 
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Brett Zombro
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