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universality of his views. Portugal and Spain. Greece. The Austrians in Venice. Ireland. Lord Cochrane and Mavrocordatos. Lambrino’s ode. Lord Byron’s opinion of affairs in the Morea. The Turks; their mode of warfare. Prophetic age of Voltaire, Alfieri, and Goldsmith. Shelley’s observation on poets. Lord Byron’s prospective plans. Greece. The Guiccioli. Lock of Napoleon’s hair. Lord Carlisle’s poem to Lady Holland on the snuff-box: Lord Byron’s parody on it. Epigram on Lord Carlisle. Shelley’s talent for poetry; comparison between his works and Chatterton’s. Remarks on metres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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The Reviews. Shelley and Keats. Milman’s ‘Fazio.’ ‘The Quarterly’ and Shelley: Lord Byron’s eulogium on the latter. Milman’s ‘Siege of Jerusalem,’ and his obligations to Milton. The Quarterly Reviewers. Dryden’s cutting couplet. Keats and the Cockneys. Keats’s sentimentalism. ‘Hyperion.’ Lord Thurlow. ‘Lalla Rookh’ Moore and Captain Ellis; instance of an Iricism in the former. ‘The Lusiad’ and Lord Strangford. The Bermuda affair: Moore’s independence. ‘The Fudge Family: Letter to Big Ben. Moore’s immortality: the Irish Melodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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The Author takes leave of Lord Byron for some time. The affray at Pisa; French account of it; the depositions. Banishment of the Counts Gamba and Lord Byron’s servants from Pisa. Lord Byron’s departure. The Gambas ordered to quit the Tuscan States. The Lanfranchi palace. Arrival of Leigh Hunt and his family. Shelley’s death; Memoir of him (in a note): burning of his body; descriptive account of the scene. Lord Byron’s remedy for a fever: his attachment to the Countess Guiccioli. His first introduction to Leigh Hunt. Lord Byron’s gratitude. Object of Hunt’s journey. His Lordship’s intended translation of Ariosto. Advice of Moore. The new Periodical. Lord Byron’s opinion of Hunt. The Blue-coat foundation. Punning titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| Intention of a trip to America. Civilities from the Americans; different treatment by an English sloop of war. Lord Byron’s naval ancestor. ‘Werner.’ Miss Lee’s ‘Canterbury Tales:’ the German’s Tale. ‘Vathek.’ The Cave of Eblis. ‘Paul and Virginia.’ ‘The | ||
