Byron: His Achievement and SignificanceGrian-Aig Press, 1976 - 120 pages |
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Page 13
... less rampant in England , it can be seen to more or less degree in the characters of Ravenswood , Heathcliff and Rochester . Another aspect of Byronism which fascinatingly shocked contemporaries and put him beyond the pale with the ...
... less rampant in England , it can be seen to more or less degree in the characters of Ravenswood , Heathcliff and Rochester . Another aspect of Byronism which fascinatingly shocked contemporaries and put him beyond the pale with the ...
Page 28
... less wildly : I have thought Too long and darkly , till my brain became In its own eddy boiling and o'erwrought , A whirling gulf of phantasy and flame ; And thus , untaught in youth my heart to tame , My springs of life were poison'd ...
... less wildly : I have thought Too long and darkly , till my brain became In its own eddy boiling and o'erwrought , A whirling gulf of phantasy and flame ; And thus , untaught in youth my heart to tame , My springs of life were poison'd ...
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... less than any other , and will be no less stringently judged at the bar of posterity . Those who admire only the satirist Byron need to be told that his superiority , the secret of his universality and greatness lies partially in the ...
... less than any other , and will be no less stringently judged at the bar of posterity . Those who admire only the satirist Byron need to be told that his superiority , the secret of his universality and greatness lies partially in the ...
Contents
Hours of Idleness | 1 |
The Satirist in Embryo | 7 |
After Childe Harold | 17 |
Copyright | |
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