The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals,John Murray, 1835 |
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... scene . To the reader they are obviously useless . It is true , that , in the closet , not only are their supposed ... scenes , more particu- larly , in which Lord Byron has neglected the absurd creed of his pseudo- Hellenic writers ...
... scene . To the reader they are obviously useless . It is true , that , in the closet , not only are their supposed ... scenes , more particu- larly , in which Lord Byron has neglected the absurd creed of his pseudo- Hellenic writers ...
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... scenes which can be founded upon the subject . Marino Faliero appears to have been a man of talents and of courage . I find him commander in chief of the land forces at the siege of Zara , where he beat the King of Hungary and his army ...
... scenes which can be founded upon the subject . Marino Faliero appears to have been a man of talents and of courage . I find him commander in chief of the land forces at the siege of Zara , where he beat the King of Hungary and his army ...
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... scenes to have thought it so at any time . ( 1 ) And I cannot conceive any man of irritable feeling putting himself at the mercies of an audience . The sneering reader , and the loud critic , and the tart review , are scattered and ...
... scenes to have thought it so at any time . ( 1 ) And I cannot conceive any man of irritable feeling putting himself at the mercies of an audience . The sneering reader , and the loud critic , and the tart review , are scattered and ...
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... Scene VENICE - in the year 1355 . F MARINO FALIERO . ACT I. SCENE I. An Antechamber in 65.
... Scene VENICE - in the year 1355 . F MARINO FALIERO . ACT I. SCENE I. An Antechamber in 65.
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... SCENE I. An Antechamber in the Ducal Palace . PIETRO speaks , in entering , to BATTISTA . Pie . Is not the messenger return'd ? Bat . Not yet ; I have sent frequently , as you commanded , But still the Signory is deep in council , And ...
... SCENE I. An Antechamber in the Ducal Palace . PIETRO speaks , in entering , to BATTISTA . Pie . Is not the messenger return'd ? Bat . Not yet ; I have sent frequently , as you commanded , But still the Signory is deep in council , And ...
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Page 251 - The angels all were singing out of tune, And hoarse with having little else to do, Excepting to wind up the sun and moon, Or curb a runaway young star or two, Or wild colt of a comet, which too soon Broke out of bounds o'er the ethereal blue, Splitting some planet with its playful tail, As boats are sometimes by a wanton whale.
Page 8 - 1 viso; Ma solo un punto fu quel che ci vinse. Quando leggemmo il disiato riso Esser baciato da cotanto amante , Questi , che mai da me non fia diviso , La bocca mi baciò tutto tremante. Galeotto fu il libro, e chi lo scrisse; Quel giorno più non vi leggemmo avante.
Page 20 - Fame! — if I e'er took delight in thy praises, 'Twas less for the sake of thy high-sounding phrases, Than to see the bright eyes of the dear one discover She thought that I was not unworthy to love her. There chiefly I sought thee, there only I found thee; Her glance was the best of the rays that surround thee; When it sparkled o'er aught that was bright in my story, I knew it was love, and I felt it was glory.
Page 245 - ... footsteps, as with even tread He paced around his prison : not to him Did Nature's fair varieties exist ; He never saw the sun's delightful beams, Save when through yon high bars he pour'da sad And broken splendour.
Page 256 - God save the king!" It is a large economy In God to save the like: but if he will Be saving, all the better; for not one am I Of those who think damnation better still...
Page 19 - OH, talk not to me of a name great in story ; The days of our youth are the days of our glory ; And the myrtle and ivy of sweet two-and-twenty Are worth all your laurels, though ever so plenty.
Page 209 - Did clap their bloody hands. He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try; Nor call'd the Gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right But bow'd his comely head Down, as upon a bed.
Page 11 - Alone we were, and no Suspicion near us. Oft-times by that reading Our eyes were drawn together, and the hue Fled from our alter'd cheek.
Page 211 - Slave, do thine office ! Strike as I struck the foe ! Strike as I would Have struck those tyrants ! Strike deep as my curse ! Strike — and but once ! [ The DOGE throws himself upon his knees, and as the Executioner raises his sword the scene closes.
Page 15 - Sweet hour of twilight ! — in the solitude Of the pine forest, and the silent shore Which bounds Ravenna's immemorial wood...