Selections from Byron: Childe Harold, Canto IV, The Prisoner of Chillon, Mazeppa, and Other PoemsGinn, 1911 - 185 pages |
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... still remains somewhat inconsist- ent both with itself and with modern usage , but it is hoped that the poet's meaning will always be readily apparent . S. M. T. CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION LACHIN Y GAIR MAID OF ATHENS , PREFACE ix.
... still remains somewhat inconsist- ent both with itself and with modern usage , but it is hoped that the poet's meaning will always be readily apparent . S. M. T. CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION LACHIN Y GAIR MAID OF ATHENS , PREFACE ix.
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... poet's life , character , and place in literature . Byron , always something of a fighter and adventurer , sprang from an old and fighting stock . The Byrons , or Buruns , were Byron's Normans , who came over with the Conqueror ...
... poet's life , character , and place in literature . Byron , always something of a fighter and adventurer , sprang from an old and fighting stock . The Byrons , or Buruns , were Byron's Normans , who came over with the Conqueror ...
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... poet , gained material for some of his poetry . The eldest son of this traveler and seaman , also named John Byron , the ... poet's half - sister . This first wife died in 1784 , and in the next year the fortune hunter entrapped a Scotch ...
... poet , gained material for some of his poetry . The eldest son of this traveler and seaman , also named John Byron , the ... poet's half - sister . This first wife died in 1784 , and in the next year the fortune hunter entrapped a Scotch ...
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... poet's personal interest in Greece , pro- vided him with new literary material , and certainly greatly enlarged his knowledge of the world . Return to England ; death of Byron's mother Tired of this sort of life , Byron finally returned ...
... poet's personal interest in Greece , pro- vided him with new literary material , and certainly greatly enlarged his knowledge of the world . Return to England ; death of Byron's mother Tired of this sort of life , Byron finally returned ...
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... poet's very peculiarities of dress were imitated . Into this unwholesome atmosphere entered at least one refreshing ... poet met in his London life , none impressed him more than Scott . The mighty " Wizard of the North , " whose poetic ...
... poet's very peculiarities of dress were imitated . Into this unwholesome atmosphere entered at least one refreshing ... poet met in his London life , none impressed him more than Scott . The mighty " Wizard of the North , " whose poetic ...
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