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... poet ever wrote he had reached a similar conclusion ; but Harold had none of the moral prejudices of the poet's previous biogra- phers . Indeed , Byron's markedly bisexual side aroused his sym- pathetic interest ; for that he , too ...
... poet ever wrote he had reached a similar conclusion ; but Harold had none of the moral prejudices of the poet's previous biogra- phers . Indeed , Byron's markedly bisexual side aroused his sym- pathetic interest ; for that he , too ...
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... poet we both loved , the gust of enthusiasm that seemed to carry him along . He considered Mallarmé , he had told Vanessa the same year , ' certainly almost the purest poet that ever was ' , just as ' Cézanne was , in the end , the ...
... poet we both loved , the gust of enthusiasm that seemed to carry him along . He considered Mallarmé , he had told Vanessa the same year , ' certainly almost the purest poet that ever was ' , just as ' Cézanne was , in the end , the ...
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... poet succumbed to a violent attack of paranoiac madness and , when he reached Ferrara , had been arrested , heavily chained by the police and thrown into a mediaeval dungeon . He regained his sanity , nevertheless , and , though reduced ...
... poet succumbed to a violent attack of paranoiac madness and , when he reached Ferrara , had been arrested , heavily chained by the police and thrown into a mediaeval dungeon . He regained his sanity , nevertheless , and , though reduced ...
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