«Письма и дневники лорда Байрона. Том 1»

Письма и дневники Байрона

Volume 1

Part of Byron's Works

a New, Revised and Enlarged Edition, with Illustrations.

This volume edited by

Rowland E. Prothero

1898

Table of Contents

Предисловие

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Глава I — Детство и школьные годы

Глава II — Кембридж и юношеские стихотворения

Глава III — Английские барды и шотландские обозреватели

Глава IV — Путешествия по Албании, Греции и т. д. — Смерть миссис Байрон

Приложение I — Рецензия на стихотворения Вордсворта

Appendix II — Article from the Edinburgh Review, For January, 1808

Приложение III — Рецензия на «Географию Итаки» и «Путеводитель по Греции» Гелла

Предисловие

Life Works

English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers Childe Harold

Memoirs

"Valenciennes, Feb. 16, 1791.

Have you never received any letters from me by way of Bologne? I have sent two. For God's sake send me some, as I have a great deal to pay. With regard to Mrs. Byron, I am glad she writes to you. She is very amiable at a distance; but I defy you and all the Apostles to live with her two months, for, if any body could live with her, it was me. Mais jeu de Mains, jeu de Vilains. For my son, I am happy to hear he is well; but for his walking, 'tis impossible, as he is club-footed.

Dictionary of National Biography

R. E. Prothero.

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1798

1 Nov. 8 To Mrs. Parker

1799

2 March 13 To his Mother

3 undated To John Hanson

1803

4 May 1 To his Mother

5 June 23 To his Mother

6 Sept. To his Mother

1804

7 March 22 To the Hon. Augusta Byron

8 March 26 To the Hon. Augusta Byron

9 April 2 To the Hon. Augusta Byron

10 April 9 To the Hon. Augusta Byron

11 April 18 To the Hon. Augusta Byron

12 August 29 To Elizabeth Bridget Pigot

13 October 25 To the Hon. Augusta Byron

14 Nov. 2 To the Hon. Augusta Byron

15 Nov. 11 To the Hon. Augusta Byron

16 Nov. 17 To the Hon. Augusta Byron

17 Nov. 21 To the Hon. Augusta Byron

18 Dec. 1 To John Hanson

1805

19 Jan. 30 To the Hon. Augusta Byron

20 April 4 To the Hon. Augusta Byron

21 April 15 To Hargreaves Hanson

22 April 20 To Hargreaves Hanson

23 April 23 To the Hon. Augusta Byron

24 April 25 To the Hon. Augusta Byron

25 May 11 To John Hanson

26 June 5 To the Hon. Augusta Byron

27 June 27 To John Hanson

28 July 2 To the Hon. Augusta Byron

29 July 8 To John Hanson

30 August 4 To Charles O. Gordon

31 August 6 To the Hon. Augusta Byron

32 August 10 To the Hon. Augusta Byron

33 August 14 To Charles O. Gordon

34 August 19 To Hargreaves Hanson

35 undated To Hargreaves Hanson

36 Oct. 25 To Hargreaves Hanson

37 Oct. 26 To John Hanson

38 Nov. 6 To the Hon. Augusta Byron

39 Nov. 12 To Hargreaves Hanson

40 Nov. 23 To John Hanson

41 Nov. 30 To John Hanson

42 Dec. 4 To John Hanson

43 Dec. 13 To John Hanson

44 Dec. 26 To the Hon. Augusta Byron

45 Dec. 27 To the Hon. Augusta Byron

1806

46 Jan. 7 To the Hon. Augusta Byron

47 Feb. 26 To his Mother

48 March 3 To John Hanson

49 March 10 To John Hanson

50 March 25 To John Hanson

51 May 16 To Henry Angelo

52 August 9 To John M.B. Pigot

53 August 10 To Elizabeth Bridget Pigot

54 August 10 To John M.B. Pigot

55 August 16 To John M.B. Pigot

56 August 18 To John M.B. Pigot

57 August 26 To John M.B. Pigot

58 undated To Elizabeth Bridget Pigot

59 Dec. 7 To John Hanson

1807

60 Jan. 12 To J. Ridge

61 Jan. 13 To John M. B. Pigot

62 Jan. 31 To Captain John Leacroft

63 Feb. 4 To Captain John Leacroft

64 Feb. 4 To Captain John Leacroft

65 Feb. 6 To the Earl of Clare

66 Feb. 8 To Mrs. Hanson

67 March 6 To William Bankes

68 undated To William Bankes

69 undated To — — Falkner

70 April 2 To John Hanson

71 April To John M. B. Pigot

72 April 19 To John Hanson

73 June 11 To Elizabeth Bridget Pigot

74 June 30 To Elizabeth Bridget Pigot

75 July 5 To Elizabeth Bridget Pigot

76 July 13 To Elizabeth Bridget Pigot

77 July 20 To John Hanson

78 Aug. 2 To Elizabeth Bridget Pigot

79 Aug. 11 To Elizabeth Bridget Pigot

80 Oct. 19 To John Hanson

81 Oct. 26 To Elizabeth Bridget Pigot

82 Nov. 20 To J. Ridge

83 Dec. 2 To John Hanson

84 Nov. 9 (1820) To John Murray

1808

85 Jan. 13 To Henry Drury

86 Jan. 16 To John Cam Hobhouse

87 Jan. 20 To Robert Charles Dallas

88 Jan. 21 To Robert Charles Dallas

89 Jan. 25 To John Hanson

90 Jan. 25 To John Hanson

91 Feb. 2 To James De Bathe

92 Feb. 11 To William Harness

93 Feb. 21 To J. Ridge

94 Feb. 26 To the Rev. John Becher

95 March 28 To the Rev. John Becher

96 April 26 To the Hon. Augusta Leigh

97 Sept. 14 To the Rev. John Becher

98 Sept. 18 To John Jackson

99 Oct. 4 To John Jackson

100 Oct. 7 To his Mother

101 Nov. 2 To his Mother

102 Nov. 3 To Francis Hodgson

103 Nov. 18 To John Hanson

104 Nov. 27 To Francis Hodgson

105 Nov. 30 To the Hon. Augusta Leigh

106 Dec. 14 To the Hon. Augusta Leigh

107 Dec. 17 To John Hanson

108 Dec. 17 To Francis Hodgson

1809

109 Jan. 15 To John Hanson

110 Jan. 25 To R. C. Dallas

111 Feb. 7 To R. C. Dallas

112 Feb. 11 To R. C. Dallas

113 Feb. 12 To R. C. Dallas

114 Feb. 16 To R. C. Dallas

115 Feb. 19 To R. C. Dallas

116 Feb. 22 To R. C. Dallas

117 March 6 To his Mother

118 March 18 To William Harness

119 undated To William Bankes

120 April 25 To R. C. Dallas

121 April 26 To John Hanson

122 May 15 To the Rev. R. Lowe

123 June 22 To his Mother

124 June 28 To the Rev. Henry Drury

125 June 25-30 To Francis Hodgson

126 July 16 To Francis Hodgson

127 August 6 To Francis Hodgson

128 August 11 To his Mother

129 August 15 To Mr. Rushton

130 Sept. 15 To his Mother

131 Nov. 12 To his Mother

1810

132 March 19 To his Mother

133 April 9 To his Mother

134 April 10 To his Mother

135 April 17 To his Mother

136 May 3 To Henry Drury

137 May 5 To Francis Hodgson

138 May 18 To his Mother

139 May 24 To his Mother

140 June 17 To Henry Drury

141 June 28 To his Mother

142 July 1 To his Mother

143 July 4 To Francis Hodgson

144 July 25 To his Mother

145 July 27 To his Mother

146 July 30 To his Mother

147 Oct. 2 To his Mother

148 Oct. 3 To Francis Hodgson

149 Oct. 4 To John Cam Hobhouse

150 Nov. 14 To Francis Hodgson

1811

151 Jan. 14 To his Mother

152 Feb. 28 To his Mother

153 June 25 To his Mother

154 June 28 To R. C. Dallas

155 June 29 To Francis Hodgson

156 July 17 To Henry Drury

157 July 23 To his Mother

158 July 30 To William Miller

159 Aug. 2 To John M. B. Pigot

160 Aug. 4 To John Hanson

161 Aug. 7 To Scrope Berdmore Davies

162 Aug. 12 To R. C. Dallas

163 Aug. 12 To — — Bolton

164 Aug. 16 To — — Bolton

165 Aug. 20 To — — Bolton

166 Aug. 21 To the Hon. Augusta Leigh

167 Aug. 21 To R. C. Dallas

168 Aug. 22 To Francis Hodgson

Глава 1 — Детство и школьные годы

1788—1805

Morning Chronicle_ Journal and Correspondence

Narrative Wager Voyage round the World Dolphin

"When the heron leaves the tree,

The laird of Gight shall landless be."

née "I think myself much obliged to you for being so interested for George; you may be sure I would do anything I could for my son, but I really don't see what can be done for him in that case. You say you are afraid Lord B. will dispose of the estates that are left, if he can; if he has it in his power, nobody can prevent him from selling them; if he has not, no one will buy them from him. You know Lord Byron. Do you think he will do anything for George, or be at any expense to give him a proper education; or, if he wish to do it, is his present fortune such a one that he could spare anything out of it? You know how poor I am, not that I mean to ask him to do anything for him, that is to say, to be of any expense on his account."

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3 — Джону Хэнсону 1

Sir 2 Brazen 3 4

Byron

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"I left my entertaining companion with Mr. Glennie last Thursday week, and I have since learnt from him that he is very comfortable and likes the situation. His schoolfellows are very fine youths, and their deportment does very great credit to their Preceptor. I succeeded in getting Lord Byron a separate room, and I am persuaded the greatest attention will be paid to him. Mr. Glennie is a Scotchman, has travelled a great deal, and seems every way qualified for his present situation."

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Footnote 4: Life "I assure you, Madam, I should not have taken the liberty to have interfered in your domestic Arrangements, had I not thought it absolutely necessary to apprize you of the proceedings of your Servant, Mrs. Gray; her conduct towards your son while at Nottingham was shocking, and I was persuaded you needed but a hint of it to dismiss her. Mrs. Parkyns, when I saw her, said something to me about her; but when I found from dispassionate persons at Nottingham, it was the general Topic of conversation, it would have ill become me to have remained silent.

My honourable little companion, tho' disposed to retain his feelings, could not refrain, from the harsh usage he had received at her hands, from complaining to me, and such is his dread of the Woman that I really believe he would forego the satisfaction of seeing you if he thought he was to meet her again. He told me that she was perpetually beating him, and that his bones sometimes ached from it; that she brought all sorts of Company of the very lowest Description into his apartments; that she was out late at nights, and he was frequently left to put himself to bed; that she would take the Chaise-boys into the Chaise with her, and stopped at every little Ale-house to drink with them. But, Madam, this is not all; she has even — traduced yourself.

I entertain a very great affection for Lord Byron, and I trust I shall not be considered solely in my professional character, but as his Friend. I introduced him to my Friends, Lord Grantley and his Brother General Norton, who were vastly taken with him, as indeed are every one. And I should be mortified in the highest degree to see the honourable feelings of my little fellow exposed to insult by the inordinate Indiscretions of any Servant. He has Ability and a quickness of Conception, and a correct Discrimination that is seldom seen in a youth, and he is a fit associate of men, and choice indeed must be the Company that is selected for him."

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My Dear Mother 1

I 2 can will bear that blackguard would could Charity prevented you fit consult stole abominable Master Character meriting idle any one heinous criminal appellation blackguard done worse justice refused left Bath pupil you ill treated Byron

Footnote 1: note The Lancet left right left right left left right "Agreeable to your desire, I waited on Lord Byron at Harrow, and I think it proper to inform you that I found his foot in a much worse state than when I last saw it, — the shoe entirely wet through and the brace round his ancle quite loose. I much fear his extreme inattention will counteract every exertion on my part to make him better. I have only to add that with proper care and bandaging, his foot may still be greatly recovered; but any delay further than the present vacation would render it folly to undertake it."

"I cannot help lamenting he has so little sense of the Benefit he has already received as to be so apparently neglectful."

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"The reason why Lord Byron wishes for this change arises from the repeated complaints of Mr. Henry Drury respecting his Inattention to Business, and his propensity to make others laugh and disregard their Employments as much as himself. On this subject I have had many very serious conversations with him, and though Mr. H. D. had repeatedly requested me to withdraw him from his Tuition, yet, relying on my own remonstrances and arguments to rectify his Error, and on his own reflection to confirm him in what is right, I was unwilling to accede to my son's wishes. Lord Byron has now made the request himself; I am glad it has been made, as he thereby imposes on himself an additional responsibility, and encourages me to hope that by this change he intends to lay aside all that negligence and those Childish Practices which were the cause of former complaints."

"The Perusal of the inclosed has allowed me to inquire into the whole Matter, and to relieve your young friend's Mind from any uneasy impression it might have sustained from a hasty word I fairly confess. I am sorry it was ever uttered; but certainly it was never intended to make so deep a wound as his letter intimates.

"I may truly say, without any parade of words, that I am deeply interested in Lord Byron's welfare. He possesses, as his letter proves, a mind that feels, and that can discriminate reasonably on points in which it conceives itself injured. When I look forward to the Possibility of the exercise of his Talents hereafter, and his supplying the Deficiencies of fortune by the exertion of his abilities and by application, I feel particularly hurt to see him idle, and negligent, and apparently indifferent to the great object to be pursued. This event, and the conversations which have passed between us relative to it, will probably awaken in his mind a greater degree of emulation, and make him studious of acquiring Distinction among his Schoolfellows, as well as of securing to himself the affectionate regard of his Instructors."

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My Dear Mother 2 promise honour Afternoon Commands unhappy obey honour

Byron

Footnote 1: "You may well be surprized, and so may Dr. Drury, that Byron is not returned to Harrow. But the Truth is, I cannot get him to return to school, though I have done all in my power for six weeks past. He has no indisposition that I know of, but love, desperate love, the worst of all maladies in my opinion. In short, the Boy is distractedly in love with Miss Chaworth, and he has not been with me three weeks all the time he has been in this county, but spent all his time at Annesley.

If my son was of a proper age and the lady disengaged, it is the last of all connexions that I would wish to take place; it has given me much uneasiness. To prevent all trouble in future, I am determined he shall not come here again till Easter; therefore I beg you will find some proper situation for him at the next Holydays. I don't care what I pay. I wish Dr. Drury would keep him.

I shall go over to Newstead to-morrow and make a last effort to get him to Town."

"Byron is really so unhappy that I have agreed, much against my inclination, to let him remain in this County till after the next Holydays."

Poems note Annual Register State Trials Poems ibid "and my M. A. C. Alas! why do I say MY? Our union would have healed feuds in which blood had been shed by our fathers, — it would have joined lands broad and rich, it would have joined at least one heart, and two persons not ill matched in years (she is two years my elder) and — and — and — what has been the result?"

Life

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7 — Достопочтенной Августе Байрон 1

Although a Brother Friend protector the nearest relation the world both by the ties of Blood affection 2

I a friend of yours not particularly delightful to you 3 4 while I live he shall never be abandoned In his old Age

Byron

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"As I wish to bury what is past in oblivion, I shall avoid all reflections on a person now no more; my opinion of yourself I have suspended for some years; the time is now arrived when I shall form a very decided one. I take up my pen now, however, to condole with you on the melancholy event that has happened, to offer you every consolation in my power, to assure you of the inalterable regard and friendship of myself and son. We will be extremely happy if ever we can be of any service to you, now or at any future period. I take it upon me to answer for him; although he knows so little of you, he often mentions you to me in the most affectionate manner, indeed the goodness of his heart and amiable disposition is such that your being his sister, had he never seen you, would be a sufficient claim upon him and ensure you every attention in his power to bestow.

Ah, Augusta, need I assure you that you will ever be dear to me as the Daughter of the man I tenderly loved, as the sister of my beloved, my darling Boy, and I take God to witness you once was dear to me on your own account, and may be so again. I still recollect with a degree of horror the many sleepless nights, and days of agony, I have passed by your bedside drowned in tears, while you lay insensible and at the gates of death. Your recovery certainly was wonderful, and thank God I did my duty. These days you cannot remember, but I never will forget them ... Your brother is at Harrow School, and, if you wish to see him, I have now no desire to keep you asunder."

"Pray write me a line and mention all you hear of my dear Brother: he was a most delightful correspondent while he remained in Nottinghamshire: but I can't obtain a single line from Harrow. I was much struck with his general improvement; it was beyond the expectations raised by what you had told me, and his letters gave me the most excellent opinion of both his Head and Heart."

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Childe Harold "To Augusta, my dearest sister, and my best friend, who has ever loved me much better than I deserved, this volume is presented by her father's son and most affectionate brother."

"In this at least, I am 'truth itself,' when I say that, whatever the situation may be, there is no one whose society is dearer to me, or can contribute more to my happiness."

Quarterly Review Manfred Childe Harold "But one thing want these banks of Rhine,

Thy gentle hand to clasp in mine."

Conversations Quarterly Review "I have seen," she writesA , "a great deal of Mrs. Leigh (Augusta), having passed some days with her and Colonel Leigh, for my husband's shooting near Newmarket, when Lord Byron was in the house, and, as she told me, was writing The Corsair, to my great astonishment, for it was a wretched small house, full of her ill-trained children, who were always running up and down stairs, and going into 'uncle's' bedroom, where he remained all the morning."

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Footnote 4: "I saw poor Joseph Murray the other night," writes Augusta Byron to Hanson (June 17, 1804), "who wishes me particularly to apply to Col. Leigh, to get him into some City Charity which the Prince of Wales is at the head of.

I cannot understand what he means, nor can any body else, and therefore, as he said he was advised by you, I think it better to apply to you on the subject. I'm sure Col. Leigh would be happy to oblige him; but in general he dislikes asking favours of the Prince, and this present moment is a bad one to chuse for the purpose, as H.R.H. is so much taken up with public affairs. I am very anxious about poor Joseph, and would almost do anything to serve him. I fear he is too old and infirm to go to service again."

"I have just had a pitiful note from poor old Murray, telling me of his dismissal from the Duchess of Leeds; but he says he does not leave her till June. I therefore hope something may in the mean time be done for him. He requests me to write word of it to my Brother. I shall certainly comply with his wishes, and send two lines on that subject to Southwell, where I conclude he is."

Letter 83 letter Life

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I 1 and I never will Greatest Friend

They violent capricious attachments title to my esteem contempt to hate him 2 may they be happy you

Byron

Footnote 1: "I am glad," writes Mrs. Byron to Hanson, March 10, 1803, "that Newstead is well let. I cannot find Lord Grey de Ruthin's Title in the Peerage of England, Ireland, or Scotland. I suppose he is a new Peer."

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I 1 your motive was not quite of so mournful a cast

young ladies ennui edifying agreeable

dull care twenty sheets

Byron

Footnote 1: Reveries: or Memoirs upon the Art of War, by Field-Marshal Count Saxe Regulations for the Prussian Cavalry Regulations for the Prussian Infantry The Prussian Tacticks

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You of my Debut 1 an orator ways means myself very pleasantly

party Southwell Belles honour, having never seen them fall violently pour passer le temps au désespoir éclat

novel writing

Byron

Footnote 1: "I was informed by a Gentleman yesterday that he had been at Harrow and heard him speaking, and that he acquitted himself uncommonly well."

Harrow School Public Speeches

1. July 5, 1804.

Erskine, Maj. Cæsar ex Sallustio

Sinclair Cato ex Sallustio

Long C. Canuleius ad Pleb. ex Livia

Molloy, Sr. The Country Box Lloyd

Lord Byron Latinus Ex Virgilio

Leeke Drances Ex Virgilio

Peel, Sr. Turnus Ex Virgilio

Chaplin Henry V to his soldiers Shakespear

Clayton Micispa ad Jugurtham ex Sullustia

Rowley Germanicus moriens ex Tacito

Grenside, Sr. General Wolfe to his soldiers Enfield

Morant, Sr. Dido Ex Virgilio

Mr.Calthorpe, Sr. In Catilinam Ex Cicerone

Lloyd, Sr. The Ghost Shakespear

Mr. Powys Tiresias Ex Horatio

Sir Thomas Acland The Boil'd Pig Wesley

Leveson Gower Ad Antonium Ex Cicerone

Drury, Max Earl of Strafford Hume

2. June 6, 1805.

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Daveton Canulcius Ex Livio

Farrer, Sr. Medea Ex Ovidio

Long Caractacus Mason

Rogers Manlius Ex Sallustio

Molloy Micipsa Ex Sallustio

Lord Byron Zanga Young

Drury, Sr. Memmius Ex Sallustio

Hoare Ajax Ex Ovidio

East Ulysses Ex Ovidio

Leeke The Passions: an Ode Collins

Calvert, Sr. Galgacus Ex Tacito

Bazett Catilina ad Consp. Ex Sallustio

Franks, Sr. Antony Shakespeare

Wildman, Maj. Sat. ix, Lib. i Ex Horatio

Lloyd, Sr. The Bard: an Ode Gray

3. July 4, 1805.

Lyon Piso ad Milites Ex Tacito

East Cato Addison

Saumerez Drances Ex Virgilio, Æn. xi

Annesley Turnus Ex Virgilio, Æn. xi

Calvert Lord Strafford's Defence Hume

Erskine, Sr. Achilles Ex Homero, Il. xvi

Bazett York Shakespeare

Harrington Camillus Ex Livio.

Leeke Ode to the Passions Collins

Sneyd Electra Ex Sophocle

Long Satan's Soliloquy Milton, P.L., b. iv

Gibson Brutus Ex Lucano

Drury, Sr. Cato Ex Lucano

Lord Byron Lear Shakespeare

Hoare Otho ad Milites Ex Livio

Wildman Caractacus Mason

Franks Wolsey Shakespeare

Life "My qualities," says Byron, in one of his note-books (quoted by Moore, Life, p. 20), "were much more oratorical and martial than poetical; and Dr. Drury, my grand patron (our head-master), had a great notion that I should turn out an orator, from my fluency, my turbulence, my voice, my copiousness of declamation, and my action. I remember that my first declamation astonished him into some unwonted (for he was economical of such) and sudden compliments before the declaimers at our first rehearsal."

The Revenge History of England "I forg'd the letter, and dispos'd the picture,

I hated, I despis'd, and I destroy."

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My Dearest Augusta, amiable diabolical hurricane honoured numerous gross

amusements envy, spleen and all uncharitableness misanthrope

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I you forgot age 2 3 4

Byron

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Footnote 1: Life "The first time I was introduced to him was at a party at his mother's, when he was so shy that she was forced to send for him three times before she could persuade him to come into the drawing-room, to play with the young people at a round game. He was then a fat, bashful boy, with his hair combed straight over his forehead, and extremely like a miniature picture that his mother had painted by M. de Chambruland. The next morning Mrs. Byron brought him to call at our house, when he still continued shy and formal in his manner. The conversation turned upon Cheltenham, where we had been staying, the amusements there, the plays, etc.; and I mentioned that I had seen the character of Gabriel Lackbrain very well performed. His mother getting up to go, he accompanied her, making a formal bow, and I, in allusion to the play, said, 'Good-by, Gaby.' His countenance lighted up, his handsome mouth displayed a broad grin, all his shyness vanished, never to return, and, upon his mother's saying, 'Come, Byron, are you ready?' — no, she might go by herself, he would stay and talk a little longer; and from that moment he used to come in and go out at all hours, as it pleased him, and in our house considered himself perfectly at home."

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"Indeed, my dear Mrs. Byron, you have given me a very great treat in sending me English Bards to look at; you know how very highly I thought of the first edition, and this is certainly much improved; indeed, I do not think anybody but Lord Byron could (in these our days) have produced such a work, for it has all the fire of ancient genius. I have always been accustomed to tell you my thoughts most sincerely, and I cannot say that I like that addition to the part where Bowles is mentioned; it wants that brilliant spirit which almost invariably accompanies Lord B.'s writings. Maurice, too, and his granite weight of leaves, is in truth a heavy comparison. But I turn with pleasure from these specks in the sun to notice 'Vice and folly, Greville and Argyle;' it is most admirable: the same pen may equal, but I think it is not in the power of human abilities to exceed it. As to Lord Carlisle, I think he well deserves the Note Lord B. has put in; I am very much pleased with it, and the little word Amen at the end, gives a point indescribably good. The whole of the conclusion is excellent, and the Postscript I think must entertain everybody except Jeffrey. I hope the poor Bear is well; I wish you could make him understand that he is immortalized, for, if four-leg'd Bears have any vanity, it would certainly delight him. Walter Scott, too (I really do not mean to call him a Bear), will be highly gratified: the compliment to him is very elegant: in short, I look upon it as a most highly finished work, and Lord Byron has certainly taken the Palm from all our Poets ... A good account of yourself I assure you will always give the most sincere pleasure to my dear Mrs. Byron's very affectionate friend, Margt. Pigot. Elizabeth begs her compts."

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Footnote 4: Life The Duenna "It is very odd," he said to Miss Pigot, "I sing much better to your playing than to any one else's."

"That is," she answered, "because I play to your singing."

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My any body Can't 1 hearts or 2 Be 3 disagreeable, formal, stiff persons

Byron

little what's 4 Blessed My 5

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Footnote 3: Maxims addressed to Young Ladies Answer Indifference "Is that your wish, to lose all sense

In dull lethargic ease,

And wrapt in cold indifference,

But half be pleased or please?

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It never shall be my desire

To bear a heart unmov'd,

To feel by halves the gen'rous fire,

Or be but half belov'd.

Let me drink deep the dang'rous cup,

In hopes the prize to gain,

Nor tamely give the pleasure up

For fear to share the pain.

Give me, whatever I possess,

To know and feel it all;

When youth and love no more can bless,

Let death obey my call."

Childe Harold Manfred

Table-Talk of Samuel Rogers Lydia, dic per omnes "Sally, Sally, don't deny,

But, for God's sake, tell me why

You have flirted so, to spoil

That once lively youth, Carlisle?

He used to mount while it was dark;

Now he lies in bed till noon,

And, you not meeting in the park,

Thinks that he gets up too soon," etc.

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The Father's Revenge Wreath of Fashion Sentimental three one Spaniel "Here, placid Carlisle breathes his gentle line,

Or haply, gen'rous Hare, re-echoes thine.

Soft flows the lay: as when, with tears, He paid

The last sad honours to his — — — Spaniel's shade!

And lo! he grasps the badge of wit, a wand;

He waves it thrice and Storer is at hand."

Pandolfo Attonito "Fall'n though I am, I ne'er shall mourn,

Like the dark Peer on Storer's urn,"

as some persons may possibly recollect The Shade of Pope "Carlisle is lost with Gillies in surprize,

As Lysias charms soft Jersey's classic eyes;"

Pursuits of Literature "While lyric Carlisle purrs o'er love transformed,"

Byron "I hear from Lady Gertrude Howard that Lord Carlisle was very much pleased with my brother, and I am sure, from what he said to me at Castle Howard, is disposed to show him all the kindness and attention in his power. I know you are so partial to Byron and so much interested in all that concerns him, that you will rejoice almost as much as I do that his acquaintance with Lord C. is renewed. In the mean time it is a great comfort for me to think that he has spent his Holydays so comfortably and so much to his wishes. You will easily believe that he is a very great favourite of mine, and I may add the more I see and hear of him, the more I must love and esteem him."

Hours of Idleness "I return you my Brother's poems with many Thanks. Mrs. B. has had the attention to send me 2 copies. I like some of them very much: but you will laugh when I tell you I have never had courage to shew them to Lord Carlisle for fear of his disapproving others."

English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers Childe Harold

"to make it up with Carlisle. I have refused every body else, but I can't deny her anything, though I had as leif 'drink up Eisel — eat a crocodile.'"

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Footnote 4: Life and Writings of Mrs. Piozzi ibid "what wonders Lord Byron is come home to do, for I see his arrival in the paper. His grandmother was my intimate friend, a Cornish lady, Sophia Trevanion, wife to the Admiral, pour ses péchés, and we called her Mrs. Biron always, after the French fashion"

Life and Writings, etc.

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And 1 nervous system apropos

that monstrous angry

Delawarr 2 Hartington 3

Footnote 1:

Life "After my retreat from Harrow, I received from him two very affectionate letters. In my occasional visits subsequently to London, when he had fascinated the public with his productions, I demanded of him, why, as in duty bound, he had sent none to me? 'Because,' said he, 'you are the only man I never wish to read them;' but in a few moments, he added, 'What do you think of the Corsair?'"

Генри Джозеф Друри (1778–1841), получил образование в Итоне и Королевском колледже в Кембридже (член совета колледжа), помощник учителя в школе Харроу, женился (20 декабря 1808 г.) на Энн Кэролайн Тейлер, имел многочисленное семейство. Сестра миссис Друри вышла замуж за преподобного Ф. Ходжсона (см. стр. 195, примечание 1).

Бенджамин Хит Друри (1782–1835), получил образование в Итоне и Королевском колледже в Кембридже (член совета колледжа), помощник учителя в Итоне.

Чарльз Друри (1788–1869), получил образование в Харроу и Куинз-колледже в Оксфорде (член совета колледжа).

Луиза Хит Друри (1787–1873) вышла замуж за Джона Германа Меривейла.

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15 — Достопочтенной Августе Байрон

I 1 meek mamma She 2 your sex

father

sacred

Byrone

Footnote 1: "Castle Howard, Nov. 18, 1804.

"My Dear Sir, — I am afraid you will think I presume almost too much upon the kind permission you have so often given me of applying to you about my Brother's concerns. The reason that induces me now to do so is his having lately written me several Letters containing the most extraordinary accounts of his Mother's conduct towards him and complaints of the uncomfortable Situation he is in during the Holidays when with her. All this you will easily imagine has more vexed than surprized me. I am quite unhappy about him, and wish I could in any way remedy the grievances he confides to me. I wished, as the most likely means of doing this, to mention the subject to Lord Carlisle, who has always expressed the greatest interest about Byron and also shewn me the greatest Kindness. Finding that he did not object to it, I yesterday had some conversation with Lord C. on the subject, and it is partly by his advice and wishes that I trouble you with this Letter. He authorized me to tell you that, if you would allow my Brother to spend the next vacation with you (which he seems strongly to wish), that it would put it into his power to see more of him and shew him more attention than he has hitherto, being withheld from doing so from the dread of having any concern whatever with Mrs. Byron.

I need hardly add that it is almost my first wish that this should be accomplished. I am sure you are of my opinion that it is now of the greatest consequence to Byron to secure the friendship of Lord C., the only relation he has who possesses the Will and power to be of use to him. I think the Letters he writes me quite perfect and he does not express one sentiment or idea I should wish different; he tells me he is soon to leave Harrow, but does not say where he is to go. I conclude to Oxford or Cambridge. Pray be so good as to write me a few lines on this subject.

I trust entirely to the interest and friendship you have ever so kindly expressed for my Brother, for my Forgiveness. Of course you will not mention to Mrs. B. having heard from me, as she would only accuse me of wishing to estrange her Son from her, which would be very far from being the case further than his Happiness and comfort are concerned in it. My opinion is that as they cannot agree, they had better be separated, for such eternal Scenes of wrangling are enough to spoil the very best temper and Disposition in the universe. I shall hope to hear from you soon, my dear sir, and remain, Most sincerely yours, Augusta Byron."

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great friendship amiable disposition good understanding; excellent pattern herself. her agreeable qualities. ungovernable appetite her alone.

clergyman

Byron

that

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17 — Достопочтенной Августе Байрон

My Dearest Augusta lenient

deal of Scandal.

Byron

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18 — Джону Хэнсону 1

My Dear Sir distinguished Sportsman

trifling accidents Gentlemen city

vile Generation Bugs sojourned board Lodging particular

Pray quilldriving 2 Byron

Footnote 1: "Your letter," he writes, "supposes that Lord Byron was desirous to leave school, and that I acquiesced in his Wish: but I must do him the Justice to observe that the wish originated with me. During his last residence at Harrow his conduct gave me much trouble and uneasiness; and as two of his Associates were to leave me at Christmas, I certainly suggested to him my wish that he might be placed under the care of some private Tutor previously to his admission to either of the Universities. This I did no less with a view to the forming of his mind and manners, than to my own comfort; and I am fully convinced that if such a situation can be procured for his Lordship, it will be much more advantageous for him than a longer residence at school, where his animal spirits and want of judgment may induce him to do wrong, whilst his age and person must prevent his Instructors from treating him in some respects as a schoolboy. If we part now, we may entertain affectionate dispositions towards each other, and his Lordship will have left the school with credit; as my dissatisfactions were expressed to him only privately, and in such a manner as not to affect his public situation in the school."

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graced presence. proficiency the art of magic, number Lady Gertrude.

grand importance; boldness Rider, perforce. soaring Regions of Romance.

I love friendship very discerning little Gentlewoman 1

amiable Mama raised roused you essential service disapproves when you see her well written eleven pages, nine Byron

Footnote 1: Childe Harold

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20 — Достопочтенной Августе Байрон

My Dearest Augusta edified amused you mother

Lordship If Harrow orations 1 envy

Hypocondriac

Byron

Footnote 1: "The expenditure," says the Gentleman's Magazine for 1805 (part i. pp. 262-264), "cannot have cost less than £50,000. The floor of the ball-room, instead of being chalked, was painted with most fanciful and appropriate devices by an eminent artist." The "little Princess" Charlotte of Wales, we are told, left the Castle at half-past nine.

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21 — Харгривзу Хэнсону.

Dear Hargreaves entertaining and loquacious Society pigs poultry pork pease potatoes pleadings ploughshares fleecing clients feeding flocks

Byron

talked near relation taciturnity

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22 — Харгривзу Хэнсону

Dear 1 jaunt valuables Gentlemen Razor faced Villain I 2

Byron

Footnote 1: Poems

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23 — Достопочтенной Августе Байрон

My Dearest Augusta hope sweet amiable course superabundant unpleasant things peculiarly sweet Eloquent mother No ancient style pathetically modern antique Philippics 1 Good Lady treasonable culprit Purgatory pleasing impressions honour scurrilously violently whole family stigmatized blackest malevolence my mother!

Byron

Footnote 1: "Too proud from pilfered greatness to descend,

Too humble not to call Dundas his friend."

Pitt. "I cannot see the Speaker, Hal; can you?"

Dundas. "Not see the Speaker, Billy? I see two."

"Pitt was overcome; his friend was ruined. At the sound of the Speaker's voice, the Prime Minister crushed his hat over his brows to hide the tears that poured over his cheeks: he pushed in haste out of the House. Some of his opponents, I am ashamed to say, thrust themselves near, 'to see how Billy took it.'"

Reminiscences of Fifty Years All the Talents: a Satirical Poem "Rough as his porter, bitter as his barm, He sacrificed his fame to M — lv — lle's harm."

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agreeable amusements benediction two such Angelic beings profane blessing Purgatory Salvation unhallowed adjurations You 1 Morning Post you

I 2 affectionate squeezes John Bull

I Sapient noble Legislators 3 nonsensical Clever sport modest honour wise Good Lordship's well written epistle

Byron

decent 11 Pages meek Lamb ought most excellent Self

Footnote 1:

Journal of Mary Frampton "I was full dressed for seventeen hours yesterday, and sat in one spot for seven, which is enough to tire any one who enjoyed what was going on, which I did not. I saw them walk to St. George's Chapel, which was the best part, as it did not last long ... Their dresses were very magnificent. The Knights, before they were installed, were in white and silver, like the old pictures of Henry VIII., and afterwards they had a purple mantle put on. They had immense plumes of ostrich feathers, with a heron's feather in the middle."

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Footnote 2: Zara; Barbarossa Autobiographical Recollections Hamlet Table-Talk of Samuel Rogers Conversations "Young Roscius's premature powers," writes Mrs. Piozzi, February 21, 1805, "attract universal attention, and I suppose that if less than an angel had told his parents that a bulletin of that child's health should be necessary to quiet the anxiety of a metropolis for his safety, they would not have believed the prediction"

Life and Writings of Mrs. Piozzi s Life of Frederick Reynolds "When," writes Mrs. Byron of her son to Hanson (December 8, 1804), "he goes to see the Young Roscius, I hope he will take care of himself in the crowd, and not go alone."

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25 — Джону Хэнсону

Dear give the ready 1

Byron

Footnote 1:

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26 — Достопочтенной Августе Байрон

decent furioso shackles ingratitude happy compliments filial fraternal such long since pretty sort of a brother Brother young Ladies wise man patriarchal blessing

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27 — Джону Хэнсону

Byron

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28 — Достопочтенной Августе Байрон

My 1 timely honour stalking comfortable Godsake beg Madam dashing etiquette superb Festivals

Byron

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29 — Джону Хэнсону

commencement my Sister not wish I do wish

Byron

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30 — Чарльзу О. Гордону 1

We 2 highly delighted battle royal

Classical Labour

Byron

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Footnote 2: Cricket Scores and Biographies of Celebrated Cricketers from 1745 to 1826

HARROW

First Innings

Second Innings

Lord Ipswich b. Carter 10 b. Heaton 21

T. Farrer, Esq. b. Carter 7 c. Bradley 3

T. Drury, Esq. b. Carter 0 st. Heaton 6

—— Bolton, Esq. run out 2 b. Heaton 0

C. Lloyd, Esq. b. Carter 0 b. Carter 0

A. Shakespeare, Esq. st. Heaton 8 run out 5

Lord Byron c Barnard 7 b. Carter 2

Hon. T. Erskine b. Carter 4 b. Heaton 8

W. Brockman, Esq. b. Heaton 9 b. Heaton 10

E. Stanley, Esq. not out 3 c. Canning 7

—— Asheton, Esq. b. Carter 3 not out 0

Byes 2 Byes 3

Totals

55

65

ETON

—— Heaton, Esq. b. Lloyd 0

—— Slingsby, Esq. b. Shakespeare 29

—— Carter, Esq. b. Shakespeare 3

—— Farhill, Esq. c. Lloyd 6

—— Canning, Esq. c. Farrer 12

—— Camplin, Esq. b. Ipswich 42

—— Bradley, Esq. b. Lloyd 16

—— Barnard, Esq. b. Shakespeare 0

—— Barnard, Esq. not out 3

—— Kaye, Esq. b. Byron 7

—— Dover, esq. c. Bolton 4

Byes 0

Total

122

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31 — Достопочтенной Августе Байрон

inmate agreeable vis à vis ingratitude she Imperial meek Lamblike Saintlike visage striking family painting unfortunate descendant worth accomplishments

Garden Eden sympathetic really uncomfortable amusing

I consequential 1 2 3 hoax wit Gothic omission superior talents. disappointments great men

Byron

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Footnote 2: Poems "We were," says Byron, in his Diary (Life, p. 31), "rival swimmers, fond of riding, reading, and of conviviality. Our evenings we passed in music (he was musical, and played on more than one instrument — flute and violoncello), in which I was audience; and I think that our chief beverage was soda-water. In the day we rode, bathed, and lounged, reading occasionally. I remember our buying, with vast alacrity, Moore's new quarto (in 1806), and reading it together in the evenings. ... His friendship, and a violent though pure passion — which held me at the same period — were the then romance of the most romantic period of my life."

St. George Life Poems

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Глава II — Кембридж и юношеские стихотворения

1805-1808.

32 — Достопочтенной Августе Байрон

piece flint love As 1 Tisiphom Ladyship

Byron

Footnote 1: "I give up the five hundred a year to my son, and you will supply him with money accordingly. The two hundred a year addition I shall reserve for myself; nor can I do with less, as my house will always be a home for my son whenever he chooses to come to it."

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33 — Чарльзу О. Гордону

Northern Alps I convivial 1

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34 — Харгривзу Хэнсону

My 1 The 2 Chapeau de Bras You great Glory

Byron

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35 — Харгривзу Хэнсону

Rural Shades Fertile Fields

Byron

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36 — Харгривзу Хэнсону

Dear 1 Stocks Mon Chapeau de Bras commands

Byron

particular Desire

Footnote 1: Hints from Horace "Unlucky Tavell! doom'd to daily cares

By pugilistic pupils, and by bears!"

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37 — Джону Хэнсону

Superb Diffidence

Byron

Valuables Town

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38 — Достопочтенной Августе Байрон

Fetters Super vivacity Goddess I fiery Court Southwell 1 elegant

Heroics I 2 no means person

meet? hospitable

age 3 dullness? truth the effects t gone vulgar

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39 — Харгривзу Хэнсону

Dear Hargreaves Expedition Cellar

Attention Trinity Ale Falernum.

Sophs Fellows Minerva Graces. inclination

Christian violent Transports Grief. Sagacious dutiful Son. Furious Epistle Sarcastick Amiable Dowager

Byron

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40 — Джону Хэнсону

this Devil 1 2 Drink, dispute and pun

steady agreeable next

patience

Battalion

Byron

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"What," asks the author, J. T. Mathias, himself a Fellow of Trinity, "is mere genius without a regulated life! To show the deformity of vice to the rising hopes of the country, the policy of ancient Sparta exhibited an inebriated slave."

Morning Chronicle Shade of Alexander Pope Letters to Archdeacon Travis Lover of Literature "he dandles Travis as a tyger would a fawn: and appears only to reserve him alive, for a time, that he may gratify his appetite for sport, before he consigns his feeble prey, by a rougher squeeze, to destruction."

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41 — Джону Хэнсону

Sir 1 indirect Harrow merry Sherwood Misery

others parent

Rustication Expulsion torment Epithets Sister father Family

Debt Sang Froid never those my Lawyer Friend

Byron

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42 — Джону Хэнсону

Duplicity expression mean self convicted Declarations unaltered; Sous Miracle Details Generosity own property thundered launched Lightening Stranger Facts Kindness Ties Blood Harbingers Misery

Byron

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43 — Джону Хэнсону

Dear Sir apropos plea little energetic elegant protect, cherish instruct offspring Winds affectionate prudent

Rattle

Byron

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44 — Достопочтенной Августе Байрон

Cas ne

thaw

Intended some Vale of Years Grandchildren

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45 — Достопочтенной Августе Байрон

d n Friday

Dross detest

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46 — Достопочтенной Августе Байрон

Tuesday

[In another hand]

Gaieté de Coeur Love sordid Bloodsuckers ipate resent from? injured

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47 — Своей матери

Harrow I 1 ridiculous there you execrable

Byron

Footnote 1: "The Bills," writes Mrs. Byron to Hanson (January 11, 1806), "are coming in thick upon me to double the amount I expected; he went and ordered just what he pleased here, at Nottingham, and in London. However, it is of no use to say anything about it, and I beg you will take no notice. I am determined to have everything clear within the year, if possible."

"I beg you will not mention to my son, having heard from me, but try to get out of him his reason for wishing to leave England, and where he got the money. I much fear he has fallen into bad hands, not only in regard to Money Matters, but in other respects. My idea is that he has inveigled himself with some woman that he wishes to get rid of and finds it difficult. But whatever it is, he must be got out of it."

"That Boy will be the death of me, and drive me mad! I never will consent to his going Abroad. Where can he get Hundreds? Has he got into the hands of Moneylenders? He has no feeling, no Heart. This I have long known; he has behaved as ill as possible to me for years back. This bitter Truth I can no longer conceal: it is wrung from me by heart-rending agony. I am well rewarded. I came to Nottinghamshire to please him, and now he hates it. He knows that I am doing everything in my power to pay his Debts, and he writes to me about hiring servants!"

"Lord Byron has given £31 10s. to Pitt's statue. He has also bought a Carriage, which he says was intended for me, which I refused to accept of, being in hopes it would stop his having one."

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48 — Джону Хэнсону

Injury I 1 unwell equal Improvement

Byron

Footnote 1: "I trouble you again in consequence of some conversation I had last night with Lord Carlisle about my Brother. He expressed himself to me as kindly on that subject as on all others, and though he says it may not be productive of any good, and that he may be only able to join his lamentations with yours, he should like to talk to you and try if anything can be done. I was much surprized and vexed to see my Brother a week ago at the Play, as I think he ought to be employing his time more profitably at Cambridge."

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49 — Джону Хэнсону

Sir sapient Israelite excellent somewhere somehow Tribe Levi dernier resort Law desperate

Byron

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50 — Джону Хэнсону

Sir

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51 — Генри Анджело 1

Sir You 2 I 3 I 4 upstart humble impertinent bourgeois

Byron

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52 — Джону М. Б. Пиготу 1

My Dear Pigot kind entre nous dramatis personae furiosa

Wousky puns facetious Apropos "robed in sable garb of woe?"

blotted monstrous budget babes

Byron

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53 — Элизабет Бриджет Пигот

My Dear Bridget not illustrious cause sudden decampment present motion blessings prototype

you I poetic mania 1 loud Hydra

Footnote 1: Poems "Through thy battlements, Newstead, the hollow winds whistle."

Poems vol. vi Fugitive Pieces note Poems on Various Occasions 60 61 65 67 68 69 70

Poems on Various Occasions Hours of Idleness 76 78 Hours of Idleness Notes from a Diary Edinburgh Review

Poems Original and Translated

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54 — Джону М. Б. Пиготу

Dear astonishing 1 separate

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55 — Джону М. Б. Пиготу

trouble coming seeing victor gingle of rhyme vastly prolific facts possibly

dull vanity chaos

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56 — Джону М. Б. Пиготу

idle scoundrel Charles no march petulant precious political Pandemonium

you left Poetics you pack up entire new form first fruits see

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57 — Джону М. Б. Пиготу

You 1 value radiant countenance

every amend Entre nous

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58 — Элизабет Бриджет Пигот 1

Pegasus plain prose fair

Byron

per hour inspiration

Footnote 1: Life "Harrowgate is still extremely full; Wednesday (to-day) is our ball-night, and I meditate going into the room for an hour, although I am by no means fond of strange faces. Lord B., you know, is even more shy than myself; but for an hour this evening I will shake it off ... How do our theatricals proceed? Lord Byron can say all his part, and I most of mine. He certainly acts it inimitably. Lord B. is now poetising, and, since he has been here, has written some very pretty verses ['To a Beautiful Quaker,' see Poems, vol. i. pp. 38-41]. He is very good in trying to amuse me as much as possible, but it is not in my nature to be happy without either female society or study ... There are many pleasant rides about here, which I have taken in company with Bo'swain, who, with Brighton, is universally admired. You must read this to Mrs. B., as it is a little Tony Lumpkinish. Lord B. desires some space left: therefore, with respect to all the comedians elect, believe me," etc., etc.

For note Poems note

Life "We, I remember, went in Lord Byron's own carriage, with post-horses; and he sent his groom with two saddle-horses, and a beautifully formed, very ferocious, bull-mastiff, called Nelson, to meet us there. Boatswain went by the side of his valet Frank on the box, with us.

"The bull-dog, Nelson, always wore a muzzle, and was occasionally sent for into our private room, when the muzzle was taken off, much to my annoyance, and he and his master amused themselves with throwing the room into disorder. There was always a jealous feud between this Nelson and Boatswain; and whenever he latter came into the room while the former was there, they instantly seized each other; and then, Byron, myself, Frank, and all the waiters that could be found, were vigorously engaged in parting them, — which was in general only effected by thrusting poker and tongs into the mouths of each. But, one day, Nelson unfortunately escaped out of the room without his muzzle, and going into the stable-yard fastened upon the throat of a horse from which he could not be disengaged. The stable-boys ran in alarm to find Frank, who taking one of his Lord's Wogdon's pistols, always kept loaded in his room, shot poor Nelson through the head, to the great regret of Byron.

"We were at the Crown Inn, at Low Harrowgate. We always dined in the public room, but retired very soon after dinner to our private one; for Byron was no more a friend to drinking than myself. We lived retired, and made few acquaintance; for he was naturally shy, very shy; which people who did not know him mistook for pride. While at Harrowgate he accidentally met with Professor Hailstone from Cambridge, and appeared much delighted to see him. The professor was at Upper Harrowgate: we called upon him one evening to take him to the theatre, I think, — and Lord Byron sent his carriage for him, another time, to a ball at the Granby. This desire to show attention to one of the professors of his college is a proof that, though he might choose to satirise the mode of education in the university, and to abuse the antiquated regulations and restrictions to which undergraduates are subjected, he had yet a due discrimination in his respect for the individuals who belonged to it. I have always, indeed, heard him speak in high terms of praise of Hailstone, as well as of his master, Bishop Mansel, of Trinity College, and of others whose names I have now forgotten.