Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: With Notices of His Life, Volume 1 |
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... means adopted for the cure of his in- firmity might be more easily attended to , the establishment of the late Dr. Glennie , at Dulwich , was chosen for that purpose ; and , as it was thought advisable that he should have a separate ...
... means adopted for the cure of his in- firmity might be more easily attended to , the establishment of the late Dr. Glennie , at Dulwich , was chosen for that purpose ; and , as it was thought advisable that he should have a separate ...
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... means popular among girls of his own age . If , at any moment , however , he had flattered himself with the hope of being loved by her , a circum- stance mentioned in his " Memoranda , " as one of the most painful of those humiliations ...
... means popular among girls of his own age . If , at any moment , however , he had flattered himself with the hope of being loved by her , a circum- stance mentioned in his " Memoranda , " as one of the most painful of those humiliations ...
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... means of baffling pursuit , he decided upon an instant flight to London . The letters , which I am about to give ... mean to fulfil . Her soft warblings must have delighted her auditors , her higher notes being particularly musical ...
... means of baffling pursuit , he decided upon an instant flight to London . The letters , which I am about to give ... mean to fulfil . Her soft warblings must have delighted her auditors , her higher notes being particularly musical ...
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... mean time , it was concerted between this gentleman and Lord Byron that the latter should , on the morning of rehearsal , deliver the verses in a tone as innocent and as free from all point as possible , -reserving his mimicry , in ...
... mean time , it was concerted between this gentleman and Lord Byron that the latter should , on the morning of rehearsal , deliver the verses in a tone as innocent and as free from all point as possible , -reserving his mimicry , in ...
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... means to his rank , and the proud dread of being made to feel this inferiority by persons to whom , in every other respect , he knew himself superior . His friend Mr. Becher frequently expostulated with him on this unsociableness ; and ...
... means to his rank , and the proud dread of being made to feel this inferiority by persons to whom , in every other respect , he knew himself superior . His friend Mr. Becher frequently expostulated with him on this unsociableness ; and ...
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Page 432 - He rose, and with a cold and gentle grasp He took her hand; a moment o'er his face A tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced, and then it faded, as it came...
Page 46 - 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...
Page 165 - Yet are thy skies as blue, thy crags as wild; Sweet are thy groves, and verdant are thy fields, Thine olive ripe as when Minerva smiled, And still his...
Page 312 - Yesterday, at Holland House, I was introduced to Southey — the best-looking bard I have seen for some time. To have that poet's head and shoulders, I would almost have written his Sapphics. He is certainly a prepossessing person to look on, and a man of talent, and all that, and — there is his eulogy.
Page 40 - And o'er him bent his sire, and never raised His eyes from off his face, but wiped the foam From his pale lips, and ever on him gazed, And when the...
Page 40 - There were two fathers in this ghastly crew, And with them their two sons, of whom the one Was more robust and hardy to the view, But he died early; and when he was gone, His nearest messmate told his sire, who threw' One glance on him, and said, " Heaven's will be done ! I can do nothing," and he saw him thrown Into the deep, without a tear or groan.
Page 292 - Sheridan for dinner, Colman for supper; Sheridan for claret or port, but Colman for every thing...
Page 146 - If I trifle, and merely trifle, it is because I am reduced to it by necessity — a melancholy, that nothing else so effectually disperses, engages me sometimes in the arduous task of being merry by force. And, strange as it may seem, the most ludicrous lines I ever wrote have been written in the saddest mood, and, but for that saddest mood, perhaps had never been written at all.
Page 251 - Forest as an acceptable gift to the crown in its former condition of a royal chase, and an asylum for outlaws? Are these the remedies for a starving and desperate populace ? Will the famished wretch who has braved your bayonets be appalled by your gibbets ? When death is a relief, and the only relief it appears that you will afford him, will he be dragooned into tranquillity...
Page 167 - What elegance and grandeur wide expand, The pride of Turkey and of Persia land ? Soft quilts on quilts, on carpets carpets spread, And couches stretch'd around in seemly band ; And endless pillows rise to prop the head ; So that each spacious room was one full-swelling bed.