The Life of Lord Byron: With His Letters and JournalsJohn Murray, 1851 - 735 страници |
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... spirit of genius has seldom , if ever , before bestowed on the world . career ; - -- - Some insinuations , calling into question the disinterestedness of the lady whose fate was connected with that of Lord Byron during his latter years ...
... spirit of genius has seldom , if ever , before bestowed on the world . career ; - -- - Some insinuations , calling into question the disinterestedness of the lady whose fate was connected with that of Lord Byron during his latter years ...
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... spirit with his nurse , which he afterwards exhibited when an author , with his critics . Being angrily reprimanded by her , one day , for having soiled or torn a new frock in which he had been just dressed , he got into one of his ...
... spirit with his nurse , which he afterwards exhibited when an author , with his critics . Being angrily reprimanded by her , one day , for having soiled or torn a new frock in which he had been just dressed , he got into one of his ...
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... spirit , it is re- lated that once , in returning home from school , he fell in with a boy who had on some former occasion insulted him , but had then got off unpunished - little Byron , how- ever , at the time , promising to " pay him ...
... spirit , it is re- lated that once , in returning home from school , he fell in with a boy who had on some former occasion insulted him , but had then got off unpunished - little Byron , how- ever , at the time , promising to " pay him ...
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... spirit naturally solemn , already not lightly tinged with superstition , and in which the pride of an- cestry had been planted from the cradle , striking the deeper root , because of the forlornness and squalor of every thing hitherto ...
... spirit naturally solemn , already not lightly tinged with superstition , and in which the pride of an- cestry had been planted from the cradle , striking the deeper root , because of the forlornness and squalor of every thing hitherto ...
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... spirit of imitation , and which he retained through life , was that of constantly having arms of some description about or near him — it being his practice , when quite a boy , to carry , at all times , small loaded pistols in his ...
... spirit of imitation , and which he retained through life , was that of constantly having arms of some description about or near him — it being his practice , when quite a boy , to carry , at all times , small loaded pistols in his ...
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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...