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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...agitated. 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...some time after, a large sepulchral vase of silver. It was full of dead men's bones, and had inscriptions on two sides of the base. One ran thus: "The... | |
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