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Title: My Recollections of Lord Byron

Author: Teresa Guiccioli

Release Date: July 6, 2008 [EBook #25977]

Language: English

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_Lord Byron juge par les temoins de sa Vie._

MY RECOLLECTIONS

OF

LORD BYRON;

AND

THOSE OF EYE-WITNESSES OF HIS LIFE.

"The long promised work of the
COUNTESS GUICCIOLI."--

_Athenaeum._

_NEW YORK_:

HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE.

1869.

ADVERTISEMENT BY THE ENGLISH PUBLISHER.

The Publisher of this Translation feels authorized to state, that it is
the production of the celebrated COUNTESS GUICCIOLI.

RICHARD BENTLEY.

TO

THE AUTHOR OF THIS WORK,

THE

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

IS

Respectfully Dedicated

BY

HUBERT E.H. JERNINGHAM.

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTORY SKETCH OF LORD BYRON Page 9

CHAPTER I.
LORD BYRON AND M. DE LAMARTINE 43

CHAPTER II.
PORTRAIT OF LORD BYRON 58

CHAPTER III.
FRENCH PORTRAIT OF LORD BYRON 70

CHAPTER IV.
HIS RELIGIOUS OPINIONS 106

CHAPTER V.
HIS CHILDHOOD AND HIS YOUTH 174

CHAPTER VI.
HIS FRIENDSHIPS 201

CHAPTER VII.
LORD BYRON CONSIDERED AS A FATHER, AS A
BROTHER, AND AS A SON--HIS GOODNESS SHOWN BY
THE STRENGTH OF HIS INSTINCTIVE AFFECTIONS 232

CHAPTER VIII.
QUALITIES OF LORD BYRON'S HEART 245

CHAPTER IX.
HIS BENEVOLENCE AND KINDNESS 284

CHAPTER X.
LORD BYRON'S QUALITIES AND VIRTUES OF SOUL 305

CHAPTER XI.
LORD BYRON'S CONSTANCY 347

CHAPTER XII.
HIS COURAGE AND FORTITUDE 361

CHAPTER XIII.
HIS MODESTY 372

CHAPTER XIV.
VIRTUES OF HIS SOUL 381

CHAPTER XV.
HIS GENERO