The Real Lady ByronIn 1992, the bicentenary of the birth of Annabella Noel Byron, this book makes a sympathetic reassessment of this misunderstood and much-maligned woman, refuting the unfavourable contemporary judgements made about her and revealing instead the many benevolent causes she supported. |
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Page 86
... less cause than I do to be so about him . ... - P.S. I have waited till the last in hopes of some change , but all is exorable pride and hardness . O Augusta , will it ever change for me ? Next day : He does not think I know the ...
... less cause than I do to be so about him . ... - P.S. I have waited till the last in hopes of some change , but all is exorable pride and hardness . O Augusta , will it ever change for me ? Next day : He does not think I know the ...
Page 243
... less desirable to Lord Lovelace than to myself . Three days earlier she had written to Ada : You are right , I believe , in your construction of the Professor's very kind letter , and I only hope you will see him and ' do justice to ...
... less desirable to Lord Lovelace than to myself . Three days earlier she had written to Ada : You are right , I believe , in your construction of the Professor's very kind letter , and I only hope you will see him and ' do justice to ...
Page 260
... less hopeful when better , & less depressed when worse - for there is reason to fear that her state will always be liable to these alternations ' and therefore she tended to react calmly to all Ada's states , as when she had encouraged ...
... less hopeful when better , & less depressed when worse - for there is reason to fear that her state will always be liable to these alternations ' and therefore she tended to react calmly to all Ada's states , as when she had encouraged ...
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