The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, by Thomas Moore, Esq, Volume 17John Murray, 1833 |
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Page 75
... Adeline Amundeville ( ' Tis an old Norman name , and to be found In pedigrees by those who wander still Along the last fields of that Gothic ground ) Was high - born , wealthy by her father's will , And beauteous , even where beauties ...
... Adeline Amundeville ( ' Tis an old Norman name , and to be found In pedigrees by those who wander still Along the last fields of that Gothic ground ) Was high - born , wealthy by her father's will , And beauteous , even where beauties ...
Page 79
... Adeline Amundeville ; The fair most fatal Juan ever met , Although she was not evil nor meant ill ; But Destiny and Passion spread the net ( Fate is a good excuse for our own will ) , And caught them ; —what do they not catch , methinks ...
... Adeline Amundeville ; The fair most fatal Juan ever met , Although she was not evil nor meant ill ; But Destiny and Passion spread the net ( Fate is a good excuse for our own will ) , And caught them ; —what do they not catch , methinks ...
Page 85
... Adeline had not the least occasion For such a shield , which leaves but little merit To virtue proper , or good education . Her chief resource was in her own high spirit , Which judged mankind at their due estimation ; And for coquetry ...
... Adeline had not the least occasion For such a shield , which leaves but little merit To virtue proper , or good education . Her chief resource was in her own high spirit , Which judged mankind at their due estimation ; And for coquetry ...
Page 86
... Adeline That calm patrician polish in the address , Which ne'er can pass the equinoctial line Of any thing which nature would express ; Just as a mandarin finds nothing fine , - - At least his manner suffers not to guess That any thing ...
... Adeline That calm patrician polish in the address , Which ne'er can pass the equinoctial line Of any thing which nature would express ; Just as a mandarin finds nothing fine , - - At least his manner suffers not to guess That any thing ...
Page 87
... Adeline was not indifferent : for ( Now for a common - place ! ) beneath the snow , As a volcano holds the lava more Within - -et cætera . Shall I go on ? —No ! I hate to hunt down a tired metaphor , So let the often - used volcano go ...
... Adeline was not indifferent : for ( Now for a common - place ! ) beneath the snow , As a volcano holds the lava more Within - -et cætera . Shall I go on ? —No ! I hate to hunt down a tired metaphor , So let the often - used volcano go ...
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Adieu Amundeville antè Atalantis Aurora beauties Blackwood's Magazine call'd CANTO chaste coruscation dames dance devil dinner Don Juan Don Quixote doth doubt dread e'er eyes fair fame feelings Friar gainst ghost Gothic gout grace hate hath heard heart heaven heroes human John Bull Juan's king knew Lady Adeline late least leave less look look'd Lord Byron Lord Henry LXIII LXXIX LXXVI LXXXIII Macbeth mankind marriage matter mind misanthropy Miss moral Muse nations nature ne'er Nessus never noble Nottinghamshire nought o'er once pass'd passion Perhaps poet praise pretty pride ragoût rhyme sage scarce seem'd seen slight smile sometimes soul spirit stood strange sublime sweet Sweet Adeline tell thee there's things thou thought Titian true truth turn'd twas twill unto virtue what's wish wish'd wonder XVII young youth