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... Byron . Born in 1788 , when the air Gordon , was full of revolution and wild desire for Lord Byron , 1788-1824 . liberty , Byron seems from the first to have drunk in of the revolutionary spirit , and none of the later excesses of the ...
... Byron . Born in 1788 , when the air Gordon , was full of revolution and wild desire for Lord Byron , 1788-1824 . liberty , Byron seems from the first to have drunk in of the revolutionary spirit , and none of the later excesses of the ...
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... Byron retaliated in 1809 with his English Bards and Scotch Reviewers , a satire on all literary men who might possibly have sympathized with the attack on his fame . Byron's satire met with marked success , and his name became famous ...
... Byron retaliated in 1809 with his English Bards and Scotch Reviewers , a satire on all literary men who might possibly have sympathized with the attack on his fame . Byron's satire met with marked success , and his name became famous ...
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... Byron - calm- ness , self - control , and self - forgetfulness in the cause of duty . The place of his encampment was unhealthy ; he contracted rheumatic fever , and died from its effects in April , 1824. He was deeply lamented in ...
... Byron - calm- ness , self - control , and self - forgetfulness in the cause of duty . The place of his encampment was unhealthy ; he contracted rheumatic fever , and died from its effects in April , 1824. He was deeply lamented in ...
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