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specimen of grandeur of thought or grace of language, ere yet the first impression of such beauties had been dimmed by familiarity, from such contemporaries as Sir Walter Scott, Sir Egerton Brydges, Mr. Jeffrey, or Professor

Wilson.

The original MS. has furnished many varia lectiones, which may probably be interesting tc an extensive class of the Poet's readers. One, and the most important, in order to avoid repetitions on the margin, we mention once for all here in the first draught of the opening Cantos, the hero is uniformly "Childe Burun."

Some splendid fragments, which the author never worked into the texture of his piece, will also be found in the notes to this edition; nor, after the lapse of twenty years, will any one, it is presumed, complain that we have printed in like manner certain complete stanzas, which Lord Byron was induced to withhold from the public, only by tenderness for the feelings of individuals

satire.

now beyond the reach of

London, July 20. 1832.

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CHILDE HAROLD'S

PILGRIMAGE.

A ROMAUNT.

L'univers est une espèce de livre, dont on n'a lu que la première page quand on n'a vu que son pays. J'en ai feuilleté un assez grand nombre, que j'ai trouvé également mauvaises. Cet examen ne m'a point été infructueux. Je haïssais ma patrie. Toutes les impertinences des peuples divers, parmi lesquels j'ai vécu, m'ont reconcilié avec elle. Quand je n'aurais tiré d'autre bénéfice de mes voyages que celui-là, je n'en regretterais ni les frais ni les fatigues.

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LE COSMOPOLITE.*

[Par M. de Montbron, Paris, 1798. Lord Byron somewhere calls it an amusing little volume, full of French flippancy.” — E.]

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