The Life of Lord Byron: With His Letters and JournalsJohn Murray, 1851 - 735 sidor |
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... early elevation to rank would be but too likely to have a dangerous influence on the character ; and the guidance under which young Byron entered upon his new station was , of all others , the least likely to lead him safely through its ...
... early elevation to rank would be but too likely to have a dangerous influence on the character ; and the guidance under which young Byron entered upon his new station was , of all others , the least likely to lead him safely through its ...
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... early to have derived from this spirit of imitation , and which he retained through life , was that of constantly having arms of some description about or near him - it being his practice , when quite a boy , to carry , at all times ...
... early to have derived from this spirit of imitation , and which he retained through life , was that of constantly having arms of some description about or near him - it being his practice , when quite a boy , to carry , at all times ...
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... early dawnings of character , appeared to me worth preserving . The small income of Mrs. Byron received at this time the addition - most seasonable , no doubt , though on what grounds accorded I know not- of a pension on the Civil List ...
... early dawnings of character , appeared to me worth preserving . The small income of Mrs. Byron received at this time the addition - most seasonable , no doubt , though on what grounds accorded I know not- of a pension on the Civil List ...
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... early and almost without a groan ; while another of the same age , but of a less promising appearance , held out much longer . The fate of these unfortunate boys differed also in another respect highly deserving of notice . Their ...
... early and almost without a groan ; while another of the same age , but of a less promising appearance , held out much longer . The fate of these unfortunate boys differed also in another respect highly deserving of notice . Their ...
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... early charge , it was evident that his subsequent career had been watched by them with interest ; that they had seen even his errors through the softening medium of their first feeling towards him , and had never , in his most irregular ...
... early charge , it was evident that his subsequent career had been watched by them with interest ; that they had seen even his errors through the softening medium of their first feeling towards him , and had never , in his most irregular ...
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Sida 306 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau or covered, walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, 1 Memoirs, p. 166. and all nature was silent.
Sida 306 - I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
Sida 65 - 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.
Sida 303 - I blame not the world, nor despise it, Nor the war of the many with one : If my soul was not fitted to prize it...
Sida 156 - I have traversed the seat of war in the peninsula ; I have been in some of the most oppressed provinces of Turkey; but never, under the most despotic of infidel governments, did] I behold such squalid wretchedness as I have seen since my return, in the very heart of a Christian country.
Sida 198 - But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think...
Sida 320 - The gift, — a fate, or will, that walk'd astray ; And I at times have found the struggle hard, And thought of shaking off my bonds of clay : But now I fain would for a time survive, If but to see what next can well arrive.
Sida 213 - Whatever Sheridan has done or chosen to do has been, par excellence, always the best of its kind. He has written the best comedy (School for Scandal), the -best drama (in my mind, far before that St.
Sida 303 - Because it reminds me of thine ; And when winds are at war with the ocean, As the breasts I believed in with me, If their billows excite an emotion, It is that they bear me from thee.
Sida 21 - 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...