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Page 27
... Byron's curiosity , I wish that I had listened much more often to Mrs Keppel's table - talk . The Edwardian Age , or the side of it she knew best , now seems almost as remote as the period of Byron's youth and , in some respects , less ...
... Byron's curiosity , I wish that I had listened much more often to Mrs Keppel's table - talk . The Edwardian Age , or the side of it she knew best , now seems almost as remote as the period of Byron's youth and , in some respects , less ...
Page 37
... Byron , he became a strong supporter . In his library he had a copy of Moore's Life where John Cam Hobhouse had scribbled a series of exasperated comments ; and this precious book he loaned me . Byron's oldest and most devoted aide ...
... Byron , he became a strong supporter . In his library he had a copy of Moore's Life where John Cam Hobhouse had scribbled a series of exasperated comments ; and this precious book he loaned me . Byron's oldest and most devoted aide ...
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... Byron had begun to grow tired of his English fellow- traveller . Tom , he tartly recorded , had ' not the remotest guess at the real reason , which induced Lord Byron to prefer having no Englishman immediately and constantly near him ...
... Byron had begun to grow tired of his English fellow- traveller . Tom , he tartly recorded , had ' not the remotest guess at the real reason , which induced Lord Byron to prefer having no Englishman immediately and constantly near him ...
Contents
PROLOGUE I | 1 |
The Desire to Please | 25 |
The Disinterested Gift | 47 |
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