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Man of Feeling:’ La Roche. ‘Werner’ written in twenty-eight days; dedication of ‘Werner.’ Lord Byron’s curiosity respecting Goëthe. ‘Faust:’ Coleridge declines translating it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Hobhouse; commencement of his and Lord Byron’s friendship; similarity of pursuits. Dedication of ‘Childe Harold.’ Lady Charlotte Harley, Lord Byron’s Ianthe. Hobhouse’s dissertation on Italian literature; his antiquarian knowledge; his sensibility. Lord Byron’s time of and facility for writing; his few corrections and surprising memory; his conversational talent; his unreserve and sincerity; his impatience of prolixity and distaste for argument; his tendency to extremes; his inconsistency in pecuniary matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
268–272 | |
Lord Byron’s attack of indolence; his impaired digestion; addicts himself to wine and Hollands. Alleged source of his inspiration: the true Hippocrene. The Author takes leave of Lord Byron. Sketch of Lord Byron’s character. Parallel between Alfieri and Lord Byron. The latter’s pride of ancestry, and independence of character; his political sentiments: the Michael Angelo of poetry. True poetical inspiration The poetical merits of Lord Byron’s works. Invidious cognomen of the Satanic school of poetry. The real direction of his Lordship’s satire; his respect for moral liberty; general tendency of his writings; his defiance of party abuse. Applicability to Lord Byron of Raleigh’s monumental inscription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
272–277 | |
The high admiration of the Germans for Lord Byron: Goëthe’s tribute to his genius and memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Appendix.—Copia del Rapporto fatto a sua Eccellenza il Sig. Governatore di Pisa. Secondo Rapporto. Goëthe’s Beitrag zum Andenken Lord Byron’s. Letter from Lord Byron to Monsieur Beyle, chiefly relative to Sir Walter Scott. Some account of Lord Byron’s residence in Greece. Last moments of Lord Byron. Greek Proclamation on the death of Lord Byron. Funeral oration, from the Greek. Greek Ode to the Memory of Lord Byron, with Translation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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