 As to poor Shelley, who is another bugbear to you and the world, he is, to my knowledge, the least selfish and the mildest of men — a man who has made more sacrifices of his fortune and feelings for others than any I ever heard of.  The Works of Lord Byron - Page 28by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1904Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Medwin - 1847 - 384 pages
...liked ;" and in a letter to Moore, he says, — "Shelley, who is another bugbear to you and the world, is to my knowledge the least selfish, and the mildest of men, — a man who has made more sacrifices to his fortune and feelings than any I have ever heard of. With his speculative opinions I have nothing... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1855 - 584 pages
...a drama, I must make my characters speak as I conceive them likely to argue. " As to poor Shelley, who is another bugbear to you and the world, he is,...of his fortune and feelings for others than any I ever heard of. With his speculative opinions I have nothing in common, nor desire to have. am surely... | |
 | Charles S. Middleton - 1858 - 380 pages
...his morals no less than his religion. "As to poor Shelley," Byron writes on one of these occasions, " who is another bugbear to you and the world ; he is,...of his fortune and feelings for others, than any I ever heard of. " The truth is, my dear Moore, you live near the stove of society, where you are unavoidably... | |
 | Charles S. Middleton - 1858 - 404 pages
...morals no less than his religion. " As to poor Shelley," Byron writes on one of these occasions, " who is another bugbear to. you and the world ; he...my knowledge, the least selfish and the mildest of m<m — a man who has made more sacrifices of his fortune and feelings for others, than any I ever... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1870 - 714 pages
...society, and as perfect a gentleman as ever crossed a drawii^-rown, when he liked and where liked.'* u He is, to my knowledge, the least selfish and the...of his fortune and feelings for others than any I ever heard of." " You should have known SheHey to feel how much l must regret him. He was the most... | |
 | Robert Ellis Thompson, William Wilberforce Newton, Otis H. Kendall - 1876 - 1012 pages
...influence. In a letter to Moore Byron writes: "Shelley, who is another bugbear to you and the world, is to my knowledge the least selfish and the mildest of men ; a man who has made more sacrifices to his fortune and his feelings than any of whom I have ever heard." He expressed the same sentiments... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Michael Rossetti - 1881 - 482 pages
...society, and as perfect a gentleman as ever crossed a drawing-room, when he liked and where liked."1 " He is, to my knowledge, the least selfish and the...of his fortune and feelings for others than any I ever heard of." "You should have known Shelley to feel how much I must regret him. He was the most... | |
 | William Wirt Kinsley - 1881 - 392 pages
...influence. In a letter to Moore Byron writes, " Shelley, who is another bugbear to you and the world, is to my knowledge the least selfish and the mildest of men ; a man who has made more sacrifices to his fortune and his feelings than any of whom I have ever heard." He expressed the same sentiments... | |
 | Henry Bernard Cotterill - 1882 - 410 pages
...he was." And again, in a letter to Moore : " Shelley, who is another bugbear to you and the world, is to my knowledge the least selfish, and the mildest...has made more sacrifices of his fortune and feelings than any I have ever heard of." At the time of his death (1822), Shelley had not completed his thirtieth... | |
 | Shelley Society - 1886 - 184 pages
...society, and as perfect a gentleman as ever crossed a drawing-room, when he liked and where liked."1 " He is, to my knowledge, the least selfish and the...of his fortune and feelings for others than any I ever heard of." "You should have known Shelley to feel how much I must regret him. He was the most... | |
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