The Works of Lord Byron, Τόμος 8J. Murray, 1898 - 13 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 349 - ... that he should again condescend to become an author. Therefore, let us take what we get, and be thankful. What right have we poor devils to be nice ? We are well off to have got so much from a man of this lord's station, who does not live in a garret, but " has the sway
Σελίδα 269 - I almost forgot to tell you that I am dying for love of three Greek girls at Athens, sisters. I lived in the same house. Teresa, Mariana, and Katinka ', are the names of these divinities, — all of them under fifteen.
Σελίδα 229 - Orientale;' but for correctness of costume, beauty of description, and power of imagination, it far surpasses all European imitations; and bears such marks of originality, that those who have visited the East will find some difficulty in believing it to be more than a translation. As an Eastern tale, even Rasselas must bow before it; his 'Happy Valley' will not bear a comparison with the 'Hall of Eblis.
Σελίδα 341 - Tis well ! from this day forward we shall know That in ourselves our safety must be sought ; That by our own right hands it must be wrought ; That we must stand unpropped, or be laid low.
Σελίδα 321 - I had then wrote to you only to beg you would take care of her, and to inform you that I had discovered a thing very little known, which is, that in one's whole life one can never have any more than a single mother. You may think this is obvious, and (what you call) a trite observation. You are a green gosling ! I was at the same age (very near) as wise as you, and yet I never discovered this (with full evidence and conviction I mean) till it was too late. It is thirteen years ago, and seems but...
Σελίδα 264 - Oliver mentions its having been done by a Neapolitan ; but our consul, Tarragona, remembered neither of these circumstances, and tried to dissuade us from the attempt. A number of the Salsette's crew were known to have accomplished a greater distance, and the only thing that surprised me was, that, as doubts had been entertained of the truth of Leander's story, no traveller had ever endeavoured to ascertain its practicability.
Σελίδα 239 - Adieu, you pretty fellow ! you please me much." She offered a share of her apartment, which my virtue induced me to decline : she laughed, and said I had some English " amante" (lover), and added, that she was going to be married to an officer in the Spanish army.
Σελίδα 253 - Two days ago I was nearly lost in a Turkish ship of war, owing to the ignorance of the captain and crew, though the storm was not violent. Fletcher yelled after his wife, the Greeks called on all the saints, the Mussulmans on Alia ; the captain burst into tears...
Σελίδα 264 - This morning I swam from Sestos to Abydos. The immediate distance is not above a mile, but the current renders it hazardous ; so much so, that I doubt whether Leander's conjugal affection must not have been a little chilled in his passage to Paradise.
Σελίδα 288 - Perceiving, as he walked the deck, a small yataghan, or Turkish dagger, on one of the benches, he took it up, unsheathed it, and, having stood for a few moments contemplating the blade, was heard to say, in an under voice, 'I should like to know how a person feels, after committing a murder!