The Life of Lord ByronJ. Murray, 1844 - 735 pages |
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... asked her , " whether she perceived any difference in him since he had been made a lord , as he perceived none himself : " -a quick and natural thought ; but the child little knew what a total and talismanic change had been wrought in ...
... asked her , " whether she perceived any difference in him since he had been made a lord , as he perceived none himself : " -a quick and natural thought ; but the child little knew what a total and talismanic change had been wrought in ...
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... asked the woman of the toll - house to whom that seat belonged . She was told that the owner of it , Lord Byron , had been some months dead . " And who is the next heir ? " asked the proud and happy mother . They say , " answered the ...
... asked the woman of the toll - house to whom that seat belonged . She was told that the owner of it , Lord Byron , had been some months dead . " And who is the next heir ? " asked the proud and happy mother . They say , " answered the ...
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... asked him gravely what language it was . The quack , unwilling to own his ignorance , answered confidently , be supposed , of the little satirist in embryo , Italian , " -to the infinite delight , as it may the success of the trap which ...
... asked him gravely what language it was . The quack , unwilling to own his ignorance , answered confidently , be supposed , of the little satirist in embryo , Italian , " -to the infinite delight , as it may the success of the trap which ...
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... asking them What is a Re- view ? ' To be sure , they were then less common . In three years more , I was better acquainted with that same ; but the first I ever read was in 1806-7 . < " At school I was ( as I have said ) re- marked for ...
... asking them What is a Re- view ? ' To be sure , they were then less common . In three years more , I was better acquainted with that same ; but the first I ever read was in 1806-7 . < " At school I was ( as I have said ) re- marked for ...
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... asked very humbly if ****** would be pleased to tell him " how many stripes he meant to inflict ? " - " Why , " re- turned the executioner , " you little rascal , what is that to you ? " . Because if you please , " said Byron , holding ...
... asked very humbly if ****** would be pleased to tell him " how many stripes he meant to inflict ? " - " Why , " re- turned the executioner , " you little rascal , what is that to you ? " . Because if you please , " said Byron , holding ...
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Page 308 - 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, and all nature was silent.
Page 308 - 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 whatever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
Page 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.
Page 272 - I saw him stand Before an Altar, with a gentle bride ; Her face was fair, but was not that which made The Starlight of his Boyhood ; as he stood Even at the altar, o'er his brow there came The selfsame aspect, and the quivering shock That in the antique Oratory shook His bosom in its solitude ; and then, As in that hour, a moment o'er his face...
Page 215 - Opera), the best farce (the Critic — it is only too good for a farce), and the best Address (Monologue on Garrick), and, to crown all, delivered the very best Oration (the famous Begum Speech) ever conceived or heard in this country.
Page 322 - My SISTER ! my sweet sister ! if a name Dearer and purer were, it should be thine; Mountains and seas divide us, but I claim No tears, but tenderness to answer mine : Go where I will, to me thou art the same — A loved regret which I would not resign. There yet are two things in my destiny, — A world to roam through, and a home with thee.
Page 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.
Page 398 - I am sure my bones would not rest in an English grave, or my clay mix with the earth of that country. I believe the thought would drive me mad on my deathbed, could I suppose that any of my friends would be base enough to convey my carcass back to your soil. I would not even feed your worms, if I could help it...
Page 320 - Clarens ! sweet Clarens, birthplace of deep Love ! Thine air is the young breath of passionate thought ; Thy trees take root in Love ; the snows above The very Glaciers have his colours caught, And sun-set into rose-hues sees them wrought By rays which sleep there lovingly...
Page 17 - The other father had a weaklier child, Of a soft cheek, and aspect delicate ; But the boy bore up long, and with a mild And patient spirit held aloof his fate ; Little he said, and now and then he smiled, As if to win a part from off the weight He saw increasing on his father's heart. With the deep deadly thought that they must part.