 He is a person of the most consummate genius, and capable, if he would direct his energies to such an end, of becoming the redeemer of his degraded country. But it is his weakness to be proud...  Byron - Page 128by John Nichol - 1894 - 216 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1881 - 474 pages
...mixing much in the society of his countrymen, resides chiefly at his magnificent palace in that city. He is a person of the most consummate genius, and...redeemer of his degraded country. But it is his weakness tcTbe proud : he derives, from a comparison of his own extraordinary mind with the dwarfish intellects... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Michael Rossetti - 1881 - 482 pages
...Byron which he probably formed, in essential respects, soon after he first knew him in Switzerland. " He is a person of the most consummate genius, and...end, of becoming the redeemer of his degraded country [ie according to the poem, not England but Venice. But it is his weakness to be proud : he derives,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1883 - 1162 pages
...the fixed attitude of a literary worshipper. "The introduction to Julian and Maddalo, directly ted by this visit, under the slight veil of a change in...apprehension of the nothingness of human life. His us and his powers are incomparably greater than those of other men; and instead of the latter having... | |
 | Shelley Society - 1886 - 184 pages
...Byron which he probably formed, in essential respects, soon after he first knew him in Switzerland. " He is a person of the most consummate genius, and...end, of becoming the redeemer of his degraded country [ie according to the poem, not England but Venice. But it is his weakness to be proud : he derives,... | |
 | William Michael Rossetti - 1886 - 218 pages
...of becoming the redeemer of his degraded country [ie according to the poem, not England but Venice. But it is his weakness to be proud : he derives, from...own extraordinary mind with the dwarfish intellects which surround him, an intense apprehension of the nothingness of human life. ... I say that Maddalo... | |
 | Roden Noel - 1890 - 284 pages
...shows that his great intellectual powers had not degenerated. Of Count Maddalo Shelley says : — " He is a person of the most consummate genius, and...of becoming the redeemer of his degraded country. I say that Maddalo is proud, because I can find no other word to express the concentred and impatient... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1891 - 766 pages
...mixing much in the society of his countrymen, resides chiefly at his magnificent palace in that city. He is a person of the most consummate genius, and...of becoming the redeemer of his degraded country. Rut it is his weakness to be proud : he derives, from a comparison of his own extraordinary mind with... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1892 - 372 pages
...mixing much in the society of his countrymen, resides chiefly at his magnificent palace in that city. He is a person of the most consummate genius, and...country. But it is his weakness to be proud : he derives, 1 According to Mr. Woodberry's notes on the manuscript volume at Harvard College, this poem is entered... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1899 - 836 pages
...in the society of his and Byron countrymen, resides chiefly at his magnificent palace in that city. He is a person of the most consummate genius, and...if he would direct his energies to such an end, of ig— ning the redeemer of his degraded country. 'o is his weakness to be proud : he derives, . a comparison... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1839 - 808 pages
...fictitious name of Count Maddalo, the following just and striking portrait of Lord Byron is drawn : — " He is a person of the most consummate genius, and...it is his weakness to be proud : he derives, from a com' parison of his own extraordinary mind with the dwarfish intellects that surround him, an intense... | |
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