Selections from the Poetry of Lord ByronH. Holt, 1900 - 412 pages |
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... Thoughts , " " were developed very early . . . . Perhaps this was one of the reasons which caused the anticipated melancholy of my thoughts , -hav- ing anticipated life . ” He bought his knowledge of life dearly , for his own ultimate ...
... Thoughts , " " were developed very early . . . . Perhaps this was one of the reasons which caused the anticipated melancholy of my thoughts , -hav- ing anticipated life . ” He bought his knowledge of life dearly , for his own ultimate ...
Page xxii
... superficial contradiction and inconsistency in his utterances . At times he disclaims disbelief and 1 As , for example , by Elze , " Life of Byron , " 358 . wishes to be thought a conservative . More often he xxii INTRODUCTION.
... superficial contradiction and inconsistency in his utterances . At times he disclaims disbelief and 1 As , for example , by Elze , " Life of Byron , " 358 . wishes to be thought a conservative . More often he xxii INTRODUCTION.
Page xxiii
... thought which was the malady of those distinguished and unhappy spirits . Moreover he had the penetration to recognize it as a disease . " I am no bigot to infidelity , " he writes to Gifford in 1813 , " and did not expect that ...
... thought which was the malady of those distinguished and unhappy spirits . Moreover he had the penetration to recognize it as a disease . " I am no bigot to infidelity , " he writes to Gifford in 1813 , " and did not expect that ...
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... Thoughts " : " A material resurrection seems strange and even absurd , ex- cept for purposes of punishment ; and all punishment which is to revenge rather than correct must be morally wrong ; and when the world is at an end , what moral ...
... Thoughts " : " A material resurrection seems strange and even absurd , ex- cept for purposes of punishment ; and all punishment which is to revenge rather than correct must be morally wrong ; and when the world is at an end , what moral ...
Page xxx
... thought that tempted me . They can't say I have truckled to the times , nor to popular topics . It was not the contemplative life , in which Words- worth's ideal was placed , which could attract Byron ; nor the aesthetic life for which ...
... thought that tempted me . They can't say I have truckled to the times , nor to popular topics . It was not the contemplative life , in which Words- worth's ideal was placed , which could attract Byron ; nor the aesthetic life for which ...
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