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1817-1818.

Venice.- Commencement of the Fourth Canto

of Childe Harold.-Letters to Murray and

Moore.-Lalla Rookh.-"My Boat is on the

Shore.".

Visit of Lewis and Hobhouse.

Death of Madame de Stacl. The Medical

Tragedy. — Treatment of the English at

Venice. Mr. Joy's Interview with Lord

Byron. Letters concerning the Fourth

Canto of Childe Harold — And Poetry in

general. Ariosto of the North. Cole-

ridge's Biographia Literaria. Marlow's

Faustus.-Anecdotes.-Lady Mary Wortley

Montague. Death of the Princess Char-

lotte." My dear Mr. Murray," &c. - Com-

pletion of Beppo. · Rides on the Lido. -

Mr. Hoppner's Reminiscences of Lord Byron.

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CHAPTER XXXII.

1818.

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1819.

La Mira and Venice. Proposition of Count

Guiccioli. Anecdotes.- Wieland. - Alle-

gra.

- Presentation of the Autobiography to

Mr. Moore. Letters to Hoppner, Murray,

and William Bankes.- Outcry against Don

Juan.—The Prophecy of Dante.— Projected

Emigration to South America. — Ferrara.

- Third Canto of Don Juan completed.

Departure of Count and Countess Guiccioli

for Ravenna

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Venice.

cioli.

Venice.-Letters to Murray.-Ode on Venice.
- Autobiography projected. Anecdote by
Captain Basil Hall. - First and Second
Cantos of Don Juan. Letters to Murray
and Moore. Sheridan. - Dr. Parr. — Ugo
Foscolo.-Introduction to Madame Guiccioli.
- Anecdotes. - Polidori and the Vampire
Story. Departure for Ravenna. Stanzas
to the Po

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CHAPTER XXXVII.

1819-1820.

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Correspondence with Madame Guic-

Illness of the Countess. - Prepara-

tions for a Return to England. - Hasty

Departure for Ravenna.- Residence in the

Palazzo Guiccioli.-Anecdotes.- Epigrams.

- Letters to Hoppner, Moore, Murray, and

William Bankes. State of Manners and

Morals in Italy. - Letter from Dallas.

Completion of the Fourth Canto of Don

Juan, the Prophecy of Dante, and the Trans-

lations of Pulci's Morgante and Dante's

Francesca di Rimini

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