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... Amongst the many objections justly urged to the very indifferent character of the " vagrant Childe , " ( whom , notwithstanding many hints to the contrary , I still main- tain to be a fictitious personage ) , it has been stated , that ...
... Amongst the many objections justly urged to the very indifferent character of the " vagrant Childe , " ( whom , notwithstanding many hints to the contrary , I still main- tain to be a fictitious personage ) , it has been stated , that ...
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... amongst his own per- suasion , and had the greatest veneration for the church , mixed with the highest contempt of churchmen , whom he cuffed upon occasion in a most heterodox manner . Yet he never passed a church without crossing ...
... amongst his own per- suasion , and had the greatest veneration for the church , mixed with the highest contempt of churchmen , whom he cuffed upon occasion in a most heterodox manner . Yet he never passed a church without crossing ...
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... amongst them . One day , on our journey over Parnassus , an Englishman in my service gave him a push in some dis- pute about the baggage , which he unluckily mistook for a blow ; he spoke not , but sat down leaning his head upon his ...
... amongst them . One day , on our journey over Parnassus , an Englishman in my service gave him a push in some dis- pute about the baggage , which he unluckily mistook for a blow ; he spoke not , but sat down leaning his head upon his ...
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George Gordon Byron Baron Byron. they have some cavalry amongst the Gegdes , I never saw a good Arnaout horseman : my own preferred the English saddles , which , however , they could never keep . But on foot they are not to be subdued by ...
George Gordon Byron Baron Byron. they have some cavalry amongst the Gegdes , I never saw a good Arnaout horseman : my own preferred the English saddles , which , however , they could never keep . But on foot they are not to be subdued by ...
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... amongst the Greeks and Albanese who speak Romaic - it means pro- perly " a lad . " 30 . While thus in concert , & c . Stanza lxxii . line last . As a specimen of the Albanian or Arnaout dialect of the Illyric , I here insert two of ...
... amongst the Greeks and Albanese who speak Romaic - it means pro- perly " a lad . " 30 . While thus in concert , & c . Stanza lxxii . line last . As a specimen of the Albanian or Arnaout dialect of the Illyric , I here insert two of ...
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Acarnania Achelous adieu Albanese Albania Albanian Ali Pacha amongst ancient Arnaout Athens aught beautiful behold beneath blood bosom breast Caimacam Caliriote caloyer CANTO Childe Harold CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE clime Constantinople Coray dark dear deeds deem'd doth dread dwell earth Epirus ev'n fair fame feel gaze Giaour Greece Greeks hand hath heart Heaven honour hour Joannina land line last lone Lord Mafra maid mingling mortal Moslem mountains native ne'er never night o'er once Pacha pass'd plain Pouqueville rock Romaic scarce scene shore shrine sigh slave smile song sooth soul Spain Stanza tear thee thine thing Thornton thou thought Thrasybulus throng Turkish Turks walls waves wild youth Zitza ἀπὸ δὲν διὰ Ἐγὼ εἶναι εἰς ἐν καὶ κὴ μὲ νὰ σᾶς σε τὰ τὰς τὴν τῆς τὸ τὸν τῶν ὡς
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Page 237 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blush'd at the praise of their own loveliness ; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs, Which ne'er might be repeated...
Page 236 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street : On with the dance ! let joy be unconfined ; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing hours with flying feet...
Page 238 - Cameron's gathering" rose ! The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard, and heard too have her Saxon foes: — How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills, Savage and shrill ! But with the breath which fills Their...
Page 253 - The castled crag of Drachenfels Frowns o'er the wide and winding Rhine, Whose breast of waters broadly swells Between the banks which bear the vine, And hills all rich with blossom'd trees, And fields which promise corn and wine, And scatter'd cities crowning these, Whose far white walls along them shine, Have strew'da scene, which I should see With double joy wert thou with me.
Page 228 - Tis to create, and in creating live A being more intense, that we endow With form our fancy, gaining as we give The life we image, even as I do now.
Page 88 - But midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess, And roam along, the world's tired denizen, With none who bless us, none whom we can bless; Minions of splendour shrinking from distress ! None that, with kindred consciousness endued, If we were not, would seem to smile the less Of all that flattered, followed, sought and sued ; This is to be alone; this, this is solitude!
Page 263 - I live not in myself, but I become Portion of that around me; and to me, High mountains are a feeling, but the hum Of human cities torture...
Page 117 - Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow ? By their right arms the conquest must be wrought ? Will Gaul or Muscovite redress ye ? no ! True, they may lay your proud despoilers low, But not for you will Freedom's altars flame.
Page 226 - Once more upon the waters! yet once more! And the waves bound beneath me as a steed That knows his rider.
Page 271 - Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and create In us such love and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star.