 Like the old heroes in Homer, we exchanged gifts ; — I gave Byron a beautiful dagger mounted with gold, which had been the property of the redoubted Elfi Bey. But I was to play the part of Diomed, in the Iliad ; for Byron sent me, some time after, a...  Life of Lord Byron - Page 89by Roden Noel - 1890 - 215 pagesFull view - About this book
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