...mixing much in the society of his countrymen, resides chiefly at his magnificent palace in that city. He is a person of the most consummate genius, and...redeemer of his degraded country. But it is his weakness tcTbe proud : he derives, from a comparison of his own extraordinary mind with the dwarfish intellects...

...Byron which he probably formed, in essential respects, soon after he first knew him in Switzerland. " He is a person of the most consummate genius, and...end, of becoming the redeemer of his degraded country [ie according to the poem, not England but Venice. But it is his weakness to be proud : he derives,...

...the name, gives a summary of the view of his friend's character which he continued to entertain. " nor curb the lust of war, Nor learn that tempted...pride, Is gall and wormwood to an enemy. When the us and his powers are incomparably greater than those of other men; and instead of the latter having...

...Byron which he probably formed, in essential respects, soon after he first knew him in Switzerland. " He is a person of the most consummate genius, and...end, of becoming the redeemer of his degraded country [ie according to the poem, not England but Venice. But it is his weakness to be proud : he derives,...

...of becoming the redeemer of his degraded country [ie according to the poem, not England but Venice. But it is his weakness to be proud : he derives, from...own extraordinary mind with the dwarfish intellects which surround him, an intense apprehension of the nothingness of human life. ... I say that Maddalo...

...shows that his great intellectual powers had not degenerated. Of Count Maddalo Shelley says : — " He is a person of the most consummate genius, and...of becoming the redeemer of his degraded country. I say that Maddalo is proud, because I can find no other word to express the concentred and impatient...

...mixing much in the society of his countrymen, resides chiefly at his magnificent palace in that city. He is a person of the most consummate genius, and...of becoming the redeemer of his degraded country. Rut it is his weakness to be proud : he derives, from a comparison of his own extraordinary mind with...

...mixing much in the society of his countrymen, resides chiefly at his magnificent palace in that city. He is a person of the most consummate genius, and...country. But it is his weakness to be proud : he derives, 1 According to Mr. Woodberry's notes on the manuscript volume at Harvard College, this poem is entered...

...in the society of his and Byron countrymen, resides chiefly at his magnificent palace in that city. He is a person of the most consummate genius, and...if he would direct his energies to such an end, of ig— ning the redeemer of his degraded country. 'o is his weakness to be proud : he derives, . a comparison...

...fictitious name of Count Maddalo, the following just and striking portrait of Lord Byron is drawn : — " He is a person of the most consummate genius, and...it is his weakness to be proud : he derives, from a com' parison of his own extraordinary mind with the dwarfish intellects that surround him, an intense...