The Life of Lord Byron: With His Letters and JournalsJohn Murray, 1851 - 735 страници |
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... doubt , of piquing the ambition of both . On these occasions , and only these , Byron was some- times at the head , and the master , to banter him , would say , " Now , George , man , let me see how soon you'll be at the foot again ...
... doubt , of piquing the ambition of both . On these occasions , and only these , Byron was some- times at the head , and the master , to banter him , would say , " Now , George , man , let me see how soon you'll be at the foot again ...
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... doubt quite eight years old , that a feeling par- if taking more of the nature of love than it is easy to believe possible in so young a child , took , according to his own account , entire possession of his thoughts , and showed how ...
... doubt quite eight years old , that a feeling par- if taking more of the nature of love than it is easy to believe possible in so young a child , took , according to his own account , entire possession of his thoughts , and showed how ...
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... doubt that his character would have been , in many respects , the better for it . In the following year ( May 19. 1798. ) his grand - uncle , the fifth Lord Byron , died at Newstead Abbey , having passed the latter years of his strange ...
... doubt that his character would have been , in many respects , the better for it . In the following year ( May 19. 1798. ) his grand - uncle , the fifth Lord Byron , died at Newstead Abbey , having passed the latter years of his strange ...
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... doubt , though on what grounds accorded I know not- of a pension on the Civil List , of 300l . a year . The following is a copy of the King's warrant for the grant : - ( Signed ) " GEORGE R. " WHEREAS we are graciously pleased to grant ...
... doubt , though on what grounds accorded I know not- of a pension on the Civil List , of 300l . a year . The following is a copy of the King's warrant for the grant : - ( Signed ) " GEORGE R. " WHEREAS we are graciously pleased to grant ...
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... doubt , watched it in silence till it was carried off by the sea ; then , wrapping himself in a piece of canvass , sunk down and rose no more ; though he must have lived two days longer , as we judged from the quivering of his limbs ...
... doubt , watched it in silence till it was carried off by the sea ; then , wrapping himself in a piece of canvass , sunk down and rose no more ; though he must have lived two days longer , as we judged from the quivering of his limbs ...
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Страница 306 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau or covered, walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, 1 Memoirs, p. 166. and all nature was silent.
Страница 306 - I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
Страница 65 - But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Страница 303 - I blame not the world, nor despise it, Nor the war of the many with one : If my soul was not fitted to prize it...
Страница 156 - I have traversed the seat of war in the peninsula ; I have been in some of the most oppressed provinces of Turkey; but never, under the most despotic of infidel governments, did] I behold such squalid wretchedness as I have seen since my return, in the very heart of a Christian country.
Страница 198 - But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think...
Страница 320 - The gift, — a fate, or will, that walk'd astray ; And I at times have found the struggle hard, And thought of shaking off my bonds of clay : But now I fain would for a time survive, If but to see what next can well arrive.
Страница 213 - Whatever Sheridan has done or chosen to do has been, par excellence, always the best of its kind. He has written the best comedy (School for Scandal), the -best drama (in my mind, far before that St.
Страница 303 - Because it reminds me of thine ; And when winds are at war with the ocean, As the breasts I believed in with me, If their billows excite an emotion, It is that they bear me from thee.
Страница 21 - When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing ; all my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do What might be public good; myself I thought Born to that end, born to promote all truth, All righteous things...