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... truth that matters : " Poets are said to succeed best in fiction ; but this I deny , at least I always write best when the truth inspires me , and my satires , which are founded on truth , have more spirit than all my other productions ...
... truth that matters : " Poets are said to succeed best in fiction ; but this I deny , at least I always write best when the truth inspires me , and my satires , which are founded on truth , have more spirit than all my other productions ...
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... truth , but it is a dangerous half - truth and needs qualification . We are badly mistaken when we assume that Byron was ever in difficulty about expressing himself . His ar- tistic life is one long exercise of that unhappy faculty ...
... truth , but it is a dangerous half - truth and needs qualification . We are badly mistaken when we assume that Byron was ever in difficulty about expressing himself . His ar- tistic life is one long exercise of that unhappy faculty ...
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... truth , and disappeared like dreams .. I could replace them if I would . . . . Let these too go - for waking Reason deems . Such overweening phantasies unsound.64 The fourth canto is Byron's final , complete break with the past . The ...
... truth , and disappeared like dreams .. I could replace them if I would . . . . Let these too go - for waking Reason deems . Such overweening phantasies unsound.64 The fourth canto is Byron's final , complete break with the past . The ...
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