CONTENTS.
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The Writer’s arrival at Pisa. Lord Byron’s live stock and impedimenta. The Lanfranchi palace; Ugolino; Lanfranchi’s ghost. English Cerberus. Lord B.’s Leporello; bas reliefs and mantel-pieces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
9—11 | |
Introduction to Lord Byron. His cordiality of manner. Description of his person; his bust by Bertolini; the cloven foot; his temperate habits, and regard for the brute creation. Conversations on Switzerland and Germany; strong predilection for Turkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
11—16 | |
Residence at Geneva. Malicious intruders. Madame de Staël. Dinner disaster. Excursions on the lake; Shelley and Hobhouse; St. Preux and Julia; classical drowning. Lord Byron’s horsemanship; pistol-firing; remarks on duelling; his own duels. Anecdote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
16—20 | |
Sunset at Venice and Pisa. Routine of Lord Byron’s life. The Countess Guiccioli: Lord B.’s attachment to her; beautiful Sonnet and Stanzas in honour of her. Cavalieri Serventi. Mode of bringing up Italian females; its consequences. Italian propensity to love. Intimacy with the Countess: her rescue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
20—29 | |
Lord Byron’s preference for Ravenna. Female beauty in Italy and England compared. The Constitutionalists; their proscription. Lord Byron’s danger. Assassination of the military Commandant at Ravenna. Lord B.’s humanity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
29—34 | |
The Byron Memoirs: Mr. Moore, Lady Burghersh, and Lady Byron. Lord B.’s opinion of his own Memoirs; his marriage and separation. Mrs. Williams, the English Sybil. An omen. Lord B.’s introduction to Miss Millbank; his courtship and marriage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
34—38 | |
| The wedding-ring. An uneasy ride. The honey-moon. Lord and Lady B.’s fashionable dissipation; consequent embarrassment; final | ||
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