The Life of Lord Byron: With His Letters and JournalsJohn Murray, 1851 - 735 oldal |
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... remarkable ornament of the cathedral of that place . A curious document , said to have been among those found in the eagle , is now in the possession of Colonel Wildman , containing a grant of full pardon from Henry V. of every possible ...
... remarkable ornament of the cathedral of that place . A curious document , said to have been among those found in the eagle , is now in the possession of Colonel Wildman , containing a grant of full pardon from Henry V. of every possible ...
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... remarkable fact , indeed , that through the care of this re- spectable woman , who was herself of a very religious disposition , he attained a far earlier and more intimate acquaintance with the Sacred Writings than falls to the lot of ...
... remarkable fact , indeed , that through the care of this re- spectable woman , who was herself of a very religious disposition , he attained a far earlier and more intimate acquaintance with the Sacred Writings than falls to the lot of ...
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... remarkable degree venturous and fearless , and ( as one of them significantly expressed it ) " always more ready to give a blow than take one . " Among many anecdotes illustrative of this spirit , it is re- lated that once , in ...
... remarkable degree venturous and fearless , and ( as one of them significantly expressed it ) " always more ready to give a blow than take one . " Among many anecdotes illustrative of this spirit , it is re- lated that once , in ...
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... remarkable , and which showed itself thus early , got the better even of his fear of her ; and when Mrs. Byron , who was a short and corpulent person , and rolled considerably in her gait , would , in a rage , endeavour to catch him ...
... remarkable , and which showed itself thus early , got the better even of his fear of her ; and when Mrs. Byron , who was a short and corpulent person , and rolled considerably in her gait , would , in a rage , endeavour to catch him ...
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... remarkable . In war , the most turbulent of exercises , Eschylus , Dante , Camoens , and a long list of other poets , distinguished themselves ; and , though it may be granted that Horace was a bad rider , and Virgil no tennis - player ...
... remarkable . In war , the most turbulent of exercises , Eschylus , Dante , Camoens , and a long list of other poets , distinguished themselves ; and , though it may be granted that Horace was a bad rider , and Virgil no tennis - player ...
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306. oldal - 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.
306. oldal - 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.
65. oldal - 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.
303. oldal - 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...
156. oldal - 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.
198. oldal - But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think...
320. oldal - 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.
213. oldal - 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.
303. oldal - 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.
21. oldal - 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...