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THE LIFE OF LORD BYRON
The Life of Lord Byron, by John Galt
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AUTHOR’S INTRODUCTION
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EXTRACTS FROM A DIARY OF Lord Byron, 1821.
“Ravenna, January 4th, 1821.
“‘A sudden thought strikes me.’ Let me begin a Journal once more. The last I kept was in Switzerland, in record of a tour made in the Bernese Alps, which I made to send to my sister in 1816, and I suppose that she has it still, for she wrote to me that she was pleased with it. Another, and longer, I kept in 1813-1814, which I gave to Thomas Moore in the same year.
“This morning I gat me up late, as usual—weather bad—bad as England—worse. The snow of last week melting to the sirocco of to-day, so that there were two d—d things at once. Could not even get to ride on horseback in the forest. Staid at home all the morning—looked at the fire—wondered when the post would come. Post came at the Ave Maria, instead of half-past one o’clock, as it ought. Galignani’s Messengers, six in number—a letter from Faenza, but none from England. Very sulky in consequence (for there ought to have been letters), and ate in
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Lord Byron
English Romantic poet (1788–1824)
"Byron" and "George Byron" redirect here. For other uses, see Byron (disambiguation) and George Byron (disambiguation).
The Right Honourable The Lord Byron FRS | |
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Portrait of Lord Byron by Thomas Phillips, c. 1813 | |
| Born | George Gordon Byron (1788-01-22)22 January 1788 London, England |
| Died | 19 April 1824(1824-04-19) (aged 36) Missolonghi, Aetolia, Ottoman Empire (present-day Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece) |
| Resting place | Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire |
| Occupation | |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Spouse | |
| Partner | Claire Clairmont |
| Children | |
| Parents | |
| In office 13 March 1809 – 19 April 1824 Hereditary peerage | |
| Preceded by | The 5th Baron Byron |
| Succeeded by | The 7th Baron Byron |
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was a British poet and peer.[1][2] He is one of the ma