Selections from the Poetry of Lord ByronH. Holt, 1900 - 412 pages |
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Page vii
... passion with eternal law . " All the passions , at one time or another , were at strife within his soul . And yet , early as was the maturity of his passionate nature , we can trace the development of it through several stages . His ...
... passion with eternal law . " All the passions , at one time or another , were at strife within his soul . And yet , early as was the maturity of his passionate nature , we can trace the development of it through several stages . His ...
Page x
... passions , was never cold . " " In later years Byron's character hardened while it matured . There was a time in Italy when the baser qualities overruled the rest , and he became something of the " Inglese italianato of the proverb ...
... passions , was never cold . " " In later years Byron's character hardened while it matured . There was a time in Italy when the baser qualities overruled the rest , and he became something of the " Inglese italianato of the proverb ...
Page xi
... passions did ; when under their immediate influence -- it is odd , but - I was in agitated , but not in depressed spirits . .. I feel a something which makes me think that , if I ever reach near to old age , like Swift , ' I shall die ...
... passions did ; when under their immediate influence -- it is odd , but - I was in agitated , but not in depressed spirits . .. I feel a something which makes me think that , if I ever reach near to old age , like Swift , ' I shall die ...
Page xii
... passions , " he writes in his " Detached Thoughts , ' developed very early . . . . Perhaps this was one of the ... passionate experience into the minted gold of song , such a poet was Byron . Byron's experience and his knowledge of life ...
... passions , " he writes in his " Detached Thoughts , ' developed very early . . . . Perhaps this was one of the ... passionate experience into the minted gold of song , such a poet was Byron . Byron's experience and his knowledge of life ...
Page xix
... passionate outcry against all that imposes upon and enslaves the human will , the yearning after an ideal quite other than and differ- ent from that towards which most human life is aiming , the apotheosis of struggle and energy and ...
... passionate outcry against all that imposes upon and enslaves the human will , the yearning after an ideal quite other than and differ- ent from that towards which most human life is aiming , the apotheosis of struggle and energy and ...
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