The Poetical Works of Lord Byron,: With a Memoir, Volume 1Houghton, Osgood, 1879 |
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... poetry was thought to be the prevailing bent of his genius . He seems to have been an active and spirited boy , at first un- popular , but finally a favorite ; ardent in his school friendships , and jealous of the attachment of those ...
... poetry was thought to be the prevailing bent of his genius . He seems to have been an active and spirited boy , at first un- popular , but finally a favorite ; ardent in his school friendships , and jealous of the attachment of those ...
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... poetry as early as 1800 , under the inspiration of a boyish attachment to his young cousin , a daughter of Ad- miral Parker . In November , 1806 , he caused to be printed by Ridge , a bookseller at Norwich , for private circulation , a ...
... poetry as early as 1800 , under the inspiration of a boyish attachment to his young cousin , a daughter of Ad- miral Parker . In November , 1806 , he caused to be printed by Ridge , a bookseller at Norwich , for private circulation , a ...
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... poet against his commentator ; and an answer to an article in Blackwood's Maga- zine , entitled " Remarks on Don Juan ; " but this was never published . During this period an insurrectionary spirit broke out in Italy ; the Carbonari ...
... poet against his commentator ; and an answer to an article in Blackwood's Maga- zine , entitled " Remarks on Don Juan ; " but this was never published . During this period an insurrectionary spirit broke out in Italy ; the Carbonari ...
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... poetry , he was the professed admirer of a school that was superseded . The most powerful and original poet of the nineteenth century , he was a timid critic of the eighteenth . In theory he preferred polish to originality or vigor . He ...
... poetry , he was the professed admirer of a school that was superseded . The most powerful and original poet of the nineteenth century , he was a timid critic of the eighteenth . In theory he preferred polish to originality or vigor . He ...
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... poetry of Lord Byron . The tendency of his works is to shake our confidence in virtue , and to diminish our abhorrence of vice ; Ā· to palliate crime , and to unsettle our notions of right and wrong . Even many of the virtuous sentiments ...
... poetry of Lord Byron . The tendency of his works is to shake our confidence in virtue , and to diminish our abhorrence of vice ; Ā· to palliate crime , and to unsettle our notions of right and wrong . Even many of the virtuous sentiments ...
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