The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, Volumen 5J. Murray, 1835 |
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... seems , whom they have christened ' Dieu - donné ; ' - perhaps the honour of the present may be dis- puted . Did you write the good lines on --- Laker ? * * the " The Queen has made a pretty theme for the journals . Was there ever such ...
... seems , whom they have christened ' Dieu - donné ; ' - perhaps the honour of the present may be dis- puted . Did you write the good lines on --- Laker ? * * the " The Queen has made a pretty theme for the journals . Was there ever such ...
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... seem to prove that , among the ancients , contemporary fame was a far more rare reward of literary or philosophical eminence than among us moderns . When the " Clouds " of Aristo- phanes was exhibited before the assembled deputies of ...
... seem to prove that , among the ancients , contemporary fame was a far more rare reward of literary or philosophical eminence than among us moderns . When the " Clouds " of Aristo- phanes was exhibited before the assembled deputies of ...
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... seems actually inspired by the Titans , and is as sublime as Eschylus . He is a loss to our literature ; and the more so , as he himself , before his death , is said to have been persuaded that he had not taken the right line , and was ...
... seems actually inspired by the Titans , and is as sublime as Eschylus . He is a loss to our literature ; and the more so , as he himself , before his death , is said to have been persuaded that he had not taken the right line , and was ...
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... seems , been sup - planted and sub - pirated by another Parisian publisher , who has audaciously printed an edition of L. B.'s Works , at the ultra - liberal price of ten francs , and ( as Galignani piteously observes ) eight francs ...
... seems , been sup - planted and sub - pirated by another Parisian publisher , who has audaciously printed an edition of L. B.'s Works , at the ultra - liberal price of ten francs , and ( as Galignani piteously observes ) eight francs ...
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... seem still to persecute the Queen * * but they won't go out , the sons of b - es . Damn Reform - I want a place what say you ? You must applaud the honesty of the declaration , whatever you may think of the intention . * The power here ...
... seem still to persecute the Queen * * but they won't go out , the sons of b - es . Damn Reform - I want a place what say you ? You must applaud the honesty of the declaration , whatever you may think of the intention . * The power here ...
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Página 22 - The morning precious; beauty was awake! Why were ye not awake? But ye were dead To things ye knew not of, — were closely wed To musty laws lined out with wretched rule And compass vile: so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and clip, and fit. Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit. Their verses tallied. Easy was the task: A thousand handicraftsmen wore the mask Of Poesy.
Página 67 - Tis a grand poem — and so true! — true as the 10th of Juvenal himself. The lapse of ages changes all things — time — language — the earth — the bounds of the sea — the stars of the sky, and every thing 'about, around, and underneath' man, except man himself, who has always been, and always will be, an unlucky rascal.
Página 52 - And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep; and if I weep, 'Tis that our nature cannot always bring Itself to apathy...
Página 196 - I can never get people to understand that poetry is the expression of excited passion, and that there is no such thing as a life of passion any more than a continuous earthquake, or an eternal fever. Besides, who would ever shave themselves in such a state...
Página 306 - Drummond's publishers have been allowed to rest in peace for seventy years, are you to be singled out for a work of fiction, not of history or argument? There must be something at the bottom of this — some private enemy of your own : it is otherwise incredible.
Página 9 - I recollect, however, that having been much hurt by Romilly's conduct (he, having a general retainer for me, had acted as adviser to the adversary, alleging, on being reminded of his retainer, that he had forgotten it, as his clerk had so many), I observed that some of those who were now eagerly laying...
Página 27 - When a man hath no freedom to fight for at home, Let him combat for that of his neighbours ; Let him think of the glories of Greece and of Rome, And get knock'd on the head for his labours.
Página 354 - ... and regular interment. You can have no idea what an extraordinary effect such a funeral pile has, on a desolate shore, with mountains in the back-ground and the sea before, and the singular appearance the salt and frankincense gave to the flame. All of Shelley was consumed, except his heart, which would not take the flame, and is now preserved in spirits of wine.
Página 109 - Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." ["There scattered oft, the earliest of the year, By hands unseen, are showers of violets found ; The redbreast loves to build and warble there, And little footsteps lightly print the ground.
Página 113 - I feel exactly as you do about our ' art," but it comes over me in a kind of rage every now and then, like • • • • and then, if I do n't write to empty my mind, I go mad.