The Last Days of Lord Byron: With His Lordship's Opinions on Various Subjects, Particularly on the State and Prospects of GreeceKnight and Lacey, 1825 - 360 pàgines |
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
The Last Days of Lord Byron: With His Lordship's Opinions on Various ... William Parry Visualització completa - 1825 |
The Last Days of Lord Byron: With His Lordship's Opinions on Various ... William Parry Visualització completa - 1825 |
The Last Days of Lord Byron: With His Lordship's Opinions on Various ... William Parry Visualització completa - 1826 |
Frases i termes més freqüents
accused Ali Pacha Anatolica APPENDIX artillery assistance Athens attack believe Bentham Blaquiere body Bowring brig brigade Captain Parry carried cause of Greece censured Cephalonia character chiefs circumstances Colocotroni Colonel Stan Colonel Stanhope command conduct confidence cordato Corfu corps Count Gamba defence disposed ditto dollars endeavour enemies England English expected favour fleet foreigners fortifications friends Gastouni give Gordon Greek cause Greek committee Greek government guns honour hope Ionian Islands knew labours letter loan Lord Byron Lord Byron's death Lord Charles Murray Lordship manner Mavro means ment mentioned military mind Missolonghi mittee Morea never object Odysseus opinion orders party persons Prince Mavrocordato probably proceedings racter reader respect Salona Sass seemed sent shew soldier Stanhope's Suliotes supplies thing thought tion told took Trelawny Turkish Turks Ulysses Western Greece whole wish Zante
Passatges populars
Pàgina 141 - Is lone as some Volcanic isle; No torch is kindled at its blaze A funeral pile! The hope, the fear, the jealous care, The exalted portion of the pain And power of Love I cannot share, But wear the chain. But 'tis not thus - and 'tis not here Such thoughts should shake my Soul, nor now Where Glory decks the hero's bier Or binds his brow. The Sword, the Banner, and the Field, Glory and Greece around us see! The Spartan borne upon his shield Was not more free!
Pàgina 142 - Tread those reviving passions down, Unworthy manhood! — unto thee Indifferent should the smile or frown Of beauty be. If thou regret'st thy youth, why live? The land of honourable death Is here: — up to the field, and give Away thy breath! Seek out — less often sought than found — A soldier's grave, for thee the best; Then look around and choose thy ground, And take thy rest.
Pàgina 248 - The nation owes a debt of profound gratitude to the soldiers and sailors who have fought its battles, and it is the Government's duty to provide for the survivors and for the widows and orphans of those who have fallen in the country's wars. The pension laws, founded...
Pàgina 149 - ... stranger whether he formed part of the funeral cortege, he replied that he came there to pay his respects to the deceased, with whom he had served in the Levant, when he made the tour of the Grecian Islands. This poor fellow was kindly offered a place by some of the servants who were behind the carriage; but he said he was strong, and had rather walk near the hearse.
Pàgina 141 - The hope, the fear, the jealous care, The exalted portion of the pain And power of love, I cannot share, But wear the chain. But 'tis not thus— and 'tis not here— Such thoughts should shake my soul, nor now, Where glory decks the hero's bier, Or binds his brow. The sword, the banner, and the field. Glory and Greece, around me see! The Spartan, borne upon his shield, Was not more free.
Pàgina 141 - The sword, the banner, and the field, Glory and Greece, around me see! The Spartan, borne upon his shield, Was not more free. Awake! (not Greece — she is awake!) Awake, my spirit! Think through whom Thy life-blood tracks its parent lake. And then strike home!
Pàgina 158 - I was commanded to enter it on hia memorandum-book, and then he pronounced, In a solemn tone of voice, while blacky stood aghast, expecting some severe punishment, the following doom : ' My determination is, that the children born of these black women, of which you may be the father, shall be my property, and I will maintain them. What say you?' 'Go— Go— God bless you, massa, may you live great while,' stuttered out the groom, and sallied, forth to tell the good news to the two distressed women."—...
Pàgina 125 - Next morning Milligen induced him to yield, by a suggestion of the possible loss of his reason. Throwing out his arm, he cried, " There ! you are, I see, a d — d set of butchers. Take away as much blood as you like, and have done with it." The remedy, repeated on the following day with blistering...
Pàgina 206 - Poverty is wretchedness; but it is perhaps to be preferred to the heartless unmeaning dissipation of the higher orders. I am thankful I am now entirely clear of this, and my resolution to remain clear of it for the rest of my life shall be immutable. " The Greeks on the continent...
Pàgina 163 - I was summoned to attend him, and receive his orders that every thing should be done which might contribute to their comfort. He was seated on a cushion at the upper end of the room, the women and children were standing before him with their eyes fixed steadily on him; and, on his right hand was his interpreter, who was extracting from the women a narrative of their sufferings. One of them, apparently about thirty years of age, possessing great vivacity, and whose manners and dress, though she was...