Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: With Notices of His Life, Volumen 1A. and W. Galignani, 1830 - 512 páginas |
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... England , during the most brilliant period of his powers , we are indebted for all those interesting letters which compose the greater part of this work , and which will be found equal , if not superior , in point of vigour , variety ...
... England , during the most brilliant period of his powers , we are indebted for all those interesting letters which compose the greater part of this work , and which will be found equal , if not superior , in point of vigour , variety ...
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... England he ' s come ; The Scots dinna ken his extraction ava ; He keeps up his misses , his landlord he duns , That's fast drawen ' the lands o ' Gight awa ' . O whare are ye gaen ' , & c . Afterwards Admiral . 1 to bottom , and stood ...
... England he ' s come ; The Scots dinna ken his extraction ava ; He keeps up his misses , his landlord he duns , That's fast drawen ' the lands o ' Gight awa ' . O whare are ye gaen ' , & c . Afterwards Admiral . 1 to bottom , and stood ...
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... England ( where I had been hatched ) by the demise of my uncle . I acquired this handwriting , which I can hardly read myself , under the fair copies of Mr Duncan of the same city : I don't think he ould plume himself much upon my ...
... England ( where I had been hatched ) by the demise of my uncle . I acquired this handwriting , which I can hardly read myself , under the fair copies of Mr Duncan of the same city : I don't think he ould plume himself much upon my ...
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... England because I have censured these ' persons of honour and wit about town ; ' but I am coming back again , and their vengeance will keep hot till my return . Those who know me can testify that my motives for leaving England are very ...
... England because I have censured these ' persons of honour and wit about town ; ' but I am coming back again , and their vengeance will keep hot till my return . Those who know me can testify that my motives for leaving England are very ...
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... England . The few years that had elapsed since their last meeting had made a considerable change in the appearance and manners of the young poet . The fat , unformed schoolboy , was now a slender and graceful young man . Those emotions ...
... England . The few years that had elapsed since their last meeting had made a considerable change in the appearance and manners of the young poet . The fat , unformed schoolboy , was now a slender and graceful young man . Those emotions ...
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Página 277 - With regard to poetry in general ', I am convinced, the more I think of it, that he and all of us — Scott, Southey, Wordsworth, Moore, Campbell, I, — are all in the wrong, one as much as another ; that we are upon a wrong revolutionary poetical system, or systems, not worth a damn in itself, and from which none but Rogers and Crabbe are free ; and that the present and next generations will finally be of this opinion.
Página 236 - ... neither the music of the Shepherd, the crashing of the Avalanche, nor the torrent, the mountain, the Glacier, the Forest, nor the Cloud, have for one moment lightened the weight upon my heart, nor enabled me to lose my own wretched identity in the majesty, and the power, and the Glory, around, above, and beneath me.
Página 255 - So late into the night, Though the heart be still as loving, And the moon be still as bright. For the sword outwears its sheath, And the soul wears out the breast, And the heart must pause to breathe, And love itself have rest. Though the night was made for loving, And the day returns too soon, Yet we'll go no more a roving By the light of the moon.
Página 365 - ... man, except man himself, who has always been, and always will be, an unlucky rascal. The infinite variety of lives conduct but to death, and the infinity of wishes lead but to disappointment.
Página 76 - The immediate distance is not above a mile, but the current renders it hazardous ; — so much so that I doubt whether Leander's conjugal affection must not have been a little chilled in his passage to Paradise. I attempted it a week ago, and failed, — owing to the north wind, and the wonderful rapidity of the tide, — though I have been from my childhood a strong swimmer. But, this morning being calmer, I succeeded, and crossed the " broad Hellespont
Página 364 - ... feudal ages — artificial and unnatural. They ought to mind home — and be well fed and clothed — but not mixed in society. Well educated, too, in religion — but to read neither poetry nor politics — nothing but books of piety and cookery. Music — drawing — dancing — also a little gardening and ploughing now and then. I have seen them mending the roads in Epirus with good success. Why not, as well as haymaking and milking?
Página 273 - Though the ocean roar around me, Yet it still shall bear me on ; Though a desert should surround me, It hath springs that may be won.
Página 290 - That she had a sufficient regard for me in her wild way, I had many reasons to believe. I will mention one. In the autumn, one day, going to the Lido with my Gondoliers, we were overtaken by a heavy Squall, and the Gondola put in peril — hats blown away, boat filling, oar lost, tumbling sea, thunder, rain in torrents, night coming, and wind increasing.
Página 349 - I perceive that in Germany, as well as in ' Italy, there is a great struggle about what they call ' " Classical " and " Romantic," — terms which were not ' subjects of classification in England, at least when I ' left it four or five years ago.
Página 333 - Kiss'd my mouth, trembling in the act all over: Accursed was the book and he who wrote! That day no further leaf we did uncover.