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Removed to Trinity College, Cambridge. Keeps a bear in his rooms. Quits
college. At the age of nineteen, publishes a volume of poems, entitled Hours
of Idleness. On leaving Newstead Abbey. Epitaph on a Friend. A Fragment
The Tear. Prologue to the Wheel of Fortune. Stanzas to a Lady, with the
poems of Cameons. To M***. To Woman. To M. S. G. Song, ' When I roved
a young Highlander.' To-
To Mary, on receiving her picture. Damætus
To Marion. Oscar and Alva, a tale. To the Duke of D-- Translations
id Imitations. Adrian's address to his Soul when dying. From Catullus,
ad Lesbian. The Epitaph on Virgil and Tibullus, by Domitus Marsus. From
Catullus; Luctus de mortis passeris. From Catullus; to Ellen. From
Anacreon; to his Lyre-Ode III. Fragments of School Exercises. From the
Promotheus Vinctus of Eschylus. The Episode of Nisus and Euryalus, a
paraphrase from the Æneid, lib. 9. From the Medea of Euripedes. Fugitive
Pieces; Thoughts suggested by a college examination. To the Earl of
Granta; a medley. Lachin Y. Gair. To Romance. Childish recollections.
The death of Calmar and Orla, in imitation of Macpherson's Ossian. To E. N.
L. Esq. To --. Oh! had my fate been joined with thine.'
'I wish I were
a Highland child.' Lines written beneath an elm, in the churchyard a
Harrow on the Hill. Criticism on Hours of Idleness, from the Edinburgh
Review. Animadversions thereon. Disposition of Lord Byron on his
entrance into life. His fondness for a Newfoundland dog. Lines inscribed
upon a cup formed from a skull. His amours. Becomes enamoured of a fair
relative, who, however, marries another. Resolves on quitting England in
consequence. Becomes a great favorite among the fair sex. The authoress of

Glenarvon falls in love with him. Repels the attacks of the Edinburgh

Reviewers, by publishing English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, a satire.

Remarks on the satire. Curran's reply to Lady A--11. Lord Byron quits

England in company with Mr. Hobhouse. They proceed to Lisbon. Travel

through Spain to the Mediterranean. Commences his poem of Childe

Harold's Pilgrimage. The poem described, accompanied with extracts.

Frequency of assassination in the streets of Lisbon. The heroine of

Saragoza. The travellers proceed to Greece. Description of Albania.—

Attachment of his Albanian servants. Visits Ali Pacha in his palace

at Tepalen. Anecdote of Ali Pacha's barbarity. A note to Lady Mor-

gan, on Ida of Athens. Lord Byron's partiality for Athens. On travel-

ling in Turkey. Remarks on Childe Harold. Opinions of the Quarterly and

Edinburgh Reviewers. Lyrical pieces subjoined to Childe Harold. Swims

across the Hellespont with Lieutenant Ekenhead. The possibility of this

exploit doubted by Mr. Turner in his Travels. Letter from Lord Byron to

Mr. Murray on the subject.

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CHAPTER III.

Lord Byron returns to London. Lives a retired life, and devotes his time to
literary pursuits. The Giaour. The Bride of Abydos. The Corsair.
Curious particulars respecting Bishop Blackbourne. Lara. Ode to Napoleon
Puonaparte.

CHAPTER IV.

Lord Byron marries Miss Milbanke. Origin of his domestic afflictions. Hebrew

Melodies. Siege of Corinth. Parisina. Extract from Frizzi's History of

Ferrara, on which Parasina is founded.

CHAPTER V.

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Domestic disagreements. Birth of Ada Byron. His Lordship becomes one of

the committee of management at Drury Lane Theatre, Separation between

Lord and Lady Byron. A sketch on domestic circumstances. Interference of

the Morning Chronicle in favour of Lord Byron. Fare thee well!' addressed

to Lady Byron. Lord Byron depicted in Glenarvon, a novel. Waters of

Elle! Farewell. Lord Byron resolves on quitting England in consequence of

his separation from his wife. Parting stanzas to his friend Moore.

CHAPTER VI.

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Public sensation on Lord Byron's departure. Description of Lord Byron's person,

from the Quarterly Review. Childe Harold, Canto III. On the personal

allusions of the poem. Wanderings of the self-exile. Reaches Waterloo.

Visits the spot where his relative, Major Howard, was mortally wounded

and buried. Amende honorable for his former asperity towards the

Earl of Carlisle. Causes of that resentment. Circumstances attending Lord"

Byron's taking his seat in the House of Lords. On quitting Waterloo he wan-

ders on the bank of the Rhine. Proceeds to Switzerland. Visits Geneva and

Lausanne. Takes up his residence at the latter place. The castle of Chillon

described. Sonnet to Liberty. Prisoner of Chillon. Some account of the

Life of Bonnivard. A Dream. Lord Byron's acquaintance with Madame de

Stael. His habits and society at Lausanne. Removes to Venice,

CHAPTER VII.

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Lord Byron enters into all the profligacies of Venice. Becomes enamoured of a
baker's wife, whom he called his Fornarina. Her excessive attachment and
jealousy. On the exaggerations of Lord Byron's aversion to English visitors.
Trait of his generosity. Anecdotes of Fletcher, his Lordship's valet. With-
drawn from the degradations of Venice by the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Shelley.
Shelley's delineation of his noble friend, under the appellation of Count Maddalo.
Extracts from Shelley's Julian and Maddalo. His picture of Lord Byron's
child, Allegra. Lord Byron annoyed by the Austrian government, who pro-
scribe his works. Quits Venice. Stanzas descriptive of the Countess
Guiccioli. Remarks on Captain Medwin's Journal of the conversations of Lord
Byron. Sonnet to the Countess Guiccioli. Remarks on his Lordship's con-
nexion with the Countess. Lady Morgan's description of the deplorable state
of society at Venice. Causes of its present degraded state. Particulars of the
Countess Guiccioli. Address to the Po. Lord Byron removes to Ravenna.
Becomes the cavaliere servante of the Countess. Manfred. Lord Byron visits
the hospital of St. Anua, at Ferrara. Lament of Tasso. Extract from some of
Tasso's letters. Evidence of Lord Byron's friendship for Mr. Hobhouse.

Childe Harold, Canto IV. Recollections of Venice. Description of Arqua,

where Petrarch lived and died. Visit to Florence. Proceeds to Rome.

Remarks on the Ottava Rima. Nature of the Whistlecrafts' Prospectus.

Beppo. Mazeppa. The Vampyre, a tale by Dr. Polidori, who afterwards

poisoned himself, attributed to Lord Byron. His Lordship reputed a Vampyre.

Publishes A Fragment, in order to disabuse the public mind from the

Vampyre reports.
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CHAPTER VIII.

Renewal of Lord Byron's connexion with the Countess Guiccioli at Ravenna.

The Count Guiccioli appeals to the Pope's chancery. Resolves to shut his

wife up in a convent. She escapes with Lord Byron to Ravenna. Description

of the Countess Guiccioli's person. The intrigues of the Carbonari causes Lord

Byron and the Count Gamba to retire to Pisa, where the Countess joins them.

Lord Byron's regret at leaving Ravenna. Ilis hatred to the Austrian government.

Don Juan, Cantos I. and II. Unmanly attack on Lady Byron. Remarks

thereon. Examination of his Lordship's sanity. Detested by Lady Noel.

Controversy with Mr. Bowles, on the genius of Pope. Marino Faliero. The

Prophecy of Dante.

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CHAPTER IX.

Mr. Southey's animadversions on the immoralities of Don Juan. Lord Byron's

reply to Southey's attack. Opinion of the Edinburgh Review on the question.

Letter from Mr. Southey in answer to Lord Byron. Mr. Medwin's account of

a conversation with Lord Byron on the subject. Mr. Southey's letter in con-

tradiction to some of Mr. Medwin's statements.

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CHAPTER X.

Sardanapalus. The Two Foscari. Extract from Mr. Daru's History of the

Republic of Venice. Cain. Mr. Murray applies for an injunction to restrain

a piracy of Cain. Injunction refused on the ground of its immoralities. A

remonstrance to the publisher of Cain. Lord Byron's letter to Mr. Murray

on the subject.

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CHAPTER XI.

Lord Byron's mode of living in Italy. Trick played upon Sir George W-

Ludicrous revenge upon an English singer. Intrepidity of the Countess

Guiccioli. Singularities of Lord Byron. An American's account of his inter-

view with Lord Byron. M. Beyle's account of Lord Byron's method of living.

Observations on Madame Belloc's Life of Lord Byron. Don Juan, Cantos

III. to XVI.

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Werner. Miss Lee's Kruitzner.

CHAPTER XII.

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CHAPTER XIII.

Mr. Leigh Hunt leaves England, and joins Lord Byron and Mr. Shelley at Pisa.
Mr. Medwin's account of Lord Byron's opinion of Mr. Hunt. The Liberal,
No. I. The Vision of Judgment. Mr. J. Hunt fined 100l. for publishing the
Vision of Judgment. Heaven and Earth. Translation of Pulci's Morgante
Moggiore
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CHAPTER XIV.

Age of Bronze. The Island. Mutiny of the crew of the Bounty. The Deformed
Transformed. Letter from Goethe to Mr. Medwin on the genius of Lord Byron.
Letter by Sir Walter Scott on the death of Lord Byron.

CHAPTER XV.

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Italy becomes irksome to Lord Byron, and he resolves on quitting it. Determines
on visiting Greece, and aiding their cause. Embarks from Leghorn, and arrives
in Cephalonia. Count Gamba's account of an excursion from Cephalonia
to Ithaca. Hospitality of an Italian, resident in Greece. The party visit
Captain Knox at Vathi. Lord Byron relieves numerous fugitive families in
Ithaca. Arrangement of his occupations at Metaxata. Dreadful catastrophe,
and indignation of Lord Byron at the apathy of the by-standers. Lord Byron
becomes melancholy on hearing of his daughter Ada's illness. Visited by
Lord Sydney Osborne. Reasons for his staying at Metaxata. Party dissen-
sions among the Greeks previous to the arrival of Lord Byron at Cephalonia.
Death of Marco Bozzari. Extract from a letter of Marco Bozzari's, urging the
speedy arrival of Lord Byron. His Lordship offers two thousand dollars a
month for the succour of Missolonghi and the Suliotes. Narrative of the daring
enterprise of Marco Bozzari. Lord Byron's caution to prevent falling into the
hands of a party. Dr. Kennedy refuted by Lord Byron on points of religion.
Differences between the Greek chiefs, Coloctronis and Mavrocordatos. Pro-
ceedings of the Congress at Salamis. Lord Byron resolves on relieving Misso-
longhi. Extracts from letters by Mavrocordatos and Lord Byron on the critical
state of Greek affairs. Devotedness of his Lordship to the cause. His difficulty
and anxiety in procuring supplies. Sails for Missolonghi with Count Gamba,
in two Ionian vessels. The Count's vessel taken by a Turkish frigate. The
Count escapes by his admirable presence of mind, and arrives at Missolonghi.
Dangers attending Lord Byron's voyage. Enthusiastic reception of Lord
Byron at Missolonghi. Simplicity of his mode of living. Rescues a Turk from
the hands of some Greek sailors, and sends him to Patras. Lines on com.
pleting his thirty-sixth year. Letter to the Turkish chief, on liberating fou
Turkish prisoners. Lord Byron appointed to the command of three thousand
troops for the attack of Lepanto. Lancasterian schools and dispensaries for
the preservation of public health established at Missolonghi by Colonel
Stanhope. Two newspapers established at Missolonghi. Difference of opinion
between Lord Byron and Colonel Stanhope. Stanhope's defence of Mr.
Bentham against the attacks of Lord Byron. Colonel Stanhope accuses Lord
Byron of being an enemy to the liberty of the press. Prospectus of the Greek

Telegraph. The expedition against Lepanto retarded by the turbulence of the
Suliotes. Sudden indisposition of Lord Byron. Captain Sass killed in an
affray with a Suliote. Pastime of Lord Byron's Suliote guard. Attachment of
Lord Byron to his dog Lyon, and sagacity of the animal. Surprising swiftness
of the Suliotes. Simplicity and regularity of Lord Byron's daily habits.
Partially recovers his health, and is urged to change his residence, which he
refuses to do. Count Gamba's report of Lord Byron's last illness and death.
Mr. Parry's account of that melancholy event. Fletcher's account. Dr.
Bruno's report of the examination of Lord Byron's body. Causes of Lord
Byron's death. Proclamation of the Provisional Government of Western Greece
on the lamented event. His Lordship's will. Difficulties in fixing the place
of interment. Mr. Parry's statement of Lord Byron's wish that his remains
should be sent to England. Funeral honours at Missolonghi. Oration
delivered over the body, by M. Spiridon Tricoupi. Arrival of the body in
England. Interment of the body in the family vault at Hucknell church.
Inscription on the coffin. Mr. Parry's account of the religious opinions of
Lord Byron. Of his superstitions. Reflections when about to read the
Memoirs of Lord Byron, written by himself, by T. Moore. Concluding
remarks.

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