Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, Band 1John Murray, 1833 |
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... passed into those of Sir Richard Kaye , a prebendary of Southwell , forms at pre- sent a very remarkable ornament of the cathedral of that place . A curious document , said to have been among those found in the eagle , is now in the ...
... passed into those of Sir Richard Kaye , a prebendary of Southwell , forms at pre- sent a very remarkable ornament of the cathedral of that place . A curious document , said to have been among those found in the eagle , is now in the ...
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... , sir . " The short visit of Captain Byron to Aberdeen has already been mentioned , and he again passed two or three months in that city , before his last de- parture for France . On both occasions , his chief 1793 . 15 LIFE OF LORD BYRON .
... , sir . " The short visit of Captain Byron to Aberdeen has already been mentioned , and he again passed two or three months in that city , before his last de- parture for France . On both occasions , his chief 1793 . 15 LIFE OF LORD BYRON .
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... passing some time at Fetteresso , the seat of his godfather , Colonel Duff , ( where the child's delight with a humorous old butler , named Ernest Fidler , is still remembered , ) and also at Banff , where some near connections of Mrs ...
... passing some time at Fetteresso , the seat of his godfather , Colonel Duff , ( where the child's delight with a humorous old butler , named Ernest Fidler , is still remembered , ) and also at Banff , where some near connections of Mrs ...
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... passed , it is not unusual to trace the first awakening of his poetic talent . But it may be questioned whether this faculty was ever so produced . That the charm of scenery , which derives its chief power from fancy and association ...
... passed , it is not unusual to trace the first awakening of his poetic talent . But it may be questioned whether this faculty was ever so produced . That the charm of scenery , which derives its chief power from fancy and association ...
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... passed the latter years of his strange life in a state of austere and almost savage seclusion . It is said , that the day after little Byron's accession - to the title , he ran up to his 1798 . 29 LIFE OF LORD BYRON .
... passed the latter years of his strange life in a state of austere and almost savage seclusion . It is said , that the day after little Byron's accession - to the title , he ran up to his 1798 . 29 LIFE OF LORD BYRON .
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Seite 305 - 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...
Seite 194 - 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.
Seite 62 - 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...
Seite 307 - Maid of Athens, ere we part, Give, oh, give me back my heart! Or, since that has left my breast, Keep it now, and take the rest! Hear my vow before I go, ZtoT) p,ou, ads d^aira>. By those tresses unconfined, Woo'd by each /Egean wind; By those lids whose jetty fringe Kiss thy soft cheeks...
Seite 50 - Brighten'd, and for a moment seem'd to roam, He squeezed from out a rag some drops of rain Into his dying child's mouth — but in vain.
Seite 193 - I hold virtue, in general, or the virtues severally, to be only in the disposition, each a feeling, not a principle. I believe truth the prime attribute of the Deity, and death an eternal sleep, at least of the body. You have here a brief compendium of the sentiments of the wicked George, Lord Byron; 1 and, till I get a new suit, you will perceive I am badly clothed. I remain yours, etc., BYRON.
Seite 62 - But why should I his childish feats display ? Concourse, and noise, and toil he ever fled ; Nor cared to mingle in the clamorous fray Of squabbling imps; but to the forest sped, Or roam'd at large the lonely mountain's head, Or, where the maze of some bewilder'd stream To deep untrodden groves his footsteps led, There would he wander wild, till Phoebus' beam, Shot from the western cliff, released the weary team.
Seite 49 - 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.
Seite 32 - Syne" brings Scotland, one and all, Scotch plaids, Scotch snoods, the blue hills, and clear streams, The Dee, the Don, Balgounie's brig's Hack wall,* All my boy feelings, all my gentler dreams Of what I then dreamt, clothed in their own pall, Like Banquo's offspring ; — floating past me seems My childhood in this childishness of mine : I care not — 'tis a glimpse of "Auld Lang Syne.
Seite 25 - And what was my answer? I really cannot explain or account for my feelings at that moment ; but they nearly threw me into convulsions, and alarmed my mother so much, that after I grew better, she generally avoided the subject — to me — and contented herself with telling it to all her acquaintance.