The works of Thomas Moore, Volume 171832 |
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... Italy , Naples had already raised the Constitutional standard , and her example was fast operating through the whole of that country . Throughout Romagna , secret societies , under the name of Carbonari , had been organized , which ...
... Italy , Naples had already raised the Constitutional standard , and her example was fast operating through the whole of that country . Throughout Romagna , secret societies , under the name of Carbonari , had been organized , which ...
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... Italy gave every promise of affording him ; and , in addition to the great national cause itself , in which there was every thing that a lover of liberty , warm from the pages of Petrarch and Dante , could desire , he had also private ...
... Italy gave every promise of affording him ; and , in addition to the great national cause itself , in which there was every thing that a lover of liberty , warm from the pages of Petrarch and Dante , could desire , he had also private ...
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... Italy , which not only the example of Naples , but the spirit working beneath the surface all around him , inspired , had , together with his father , who was still in the prime of life , become inrolled in the secret bands now ...
... Italy , which not only the example of Naples , but the spirit working beneath the surface all around him , inspired , had , together with his father , who was still in the prime of life , become inrolled in the secret bands now ...
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... Italy , he sees , with the enthusiasm natural to a cultivated man , the generous determination of the Neapolitans to assert their well - won independence . As a member of the English House of Peers , he would be a traitor to the ...
... Italy , he sees , with the enthusiasm natural to a cultivated man , the generous determination of the Neapolitans to assert their well - won independence . As a member of the English House of Peers , he would be a traitor to the ...
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... Italy . But the two seasons , last and present , are extraordinary . Read a Life of Leonardo da Vinci by Rossi - ruminated - wrote this much , and will go to bed . « January 5th , 1821 . « Rose late - dull and drooping - the weather ...
... Italy . But the two seasons , last and present , are extraordinary . Read a Life of Leonardo da Vinci by Rossi - ruminated - wrote this much , and will go to bed . « January 5th , 1821 . « Rose late - dull and drooping - the weather ...
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Page 412 - My days are in the yellow leaf ; The flowers and fruits of love are gone; The worm, the canker, and the grief Are mine alone! The fire that on my bosom preys Is lone as some volcanic isle ; No torch is kindled at its blaze — A funeral pile.
Page 413 - Awake! (not Greece — she is awake!) Awake, my spirit! Think through whom Thy life-blood tracks its parent lake, And then strike home! Tread those reviving passions down, Unworthy manhood! — unto thee Indifferent should the smile or frown Of beauty be.
Page 205 - This meeting annihilated for a moment all the years between the present time and the days of Harrow. It was a new and inexplicable feeling, like rising from the grave, to me. Clare, too, was much agitated — more in appearance than was myself; for I could feel his heart beat to his fingers' ends, unless, indeed, it was the pulse of my own which made me think so.
Page 110 - Vulgarity is far worse than downright blackguardism ; for the latter comprehends wit, humour, and strong sense at times j while the former is a sad abortive attempt at all things, 'signifying nothing.
Page 308 - Journal, which is a very extraordinary production *, and of a most melancholy truth in all that regards high life in England. I know, or knew personally, most of the personages and societies which he describes ; and after reading his remarks, have the sensation fresh upon me as if I had seen them yesterday. I would however plead in behalf of some few exceptions, which I will mention by and by.
Page 236 - As to poor Shelley, who is another bugbear to you and the world, he is, to my knowledge, the least selfish and the mildest of men — a man who has made more sacrifices of his fortune and feelings for others than any I ever heard of.
Page 491 - ... ANCESTORS AND HIS MOTHER ARE BURIED, LIE THE REMAINS OF GEORGE GORDON NOEL BYRON, LORD BYRON, OF ROCHDALE, IN THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER, THE AUTHOR OF ' CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE.' HE WAS BORN IN LONDON ON THE 22D OF JANUARY, 1788. HE DIED AT MISSOLONGHI, IN WESTERN GREECE, ON THE 19TH OF APRIL, 1824, ENGAGED IN THE GLORIOUS ATTEMPT TO RESTORE THAT COUNTRY TO HER ANCIENT FREEDOM AND RENOWN. HIS SISTER, THE HONOURABLE AUGUSTA MARIA LEIGH, PLACED THIS TABLET TO HIS MEMORY.
Page 146 - You know very well that I did not approve of Keats's poetry, or principles of poetry, or of his abuse of Pope ; but, as he is dead, omit all that is said about him in any MSS. of mine, or publication. His Hyperion is a fine monument, and will keep his name.
Page 173 - I am preparing to follow them. " It is awful work, this love, and prevents all a man's projects of good or glory. I wanted to go to Greece lately (as...
Page 548 - ... my said trustees and the survivor of them, and the executors and administrators of such survivor...