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Byron, George Gordon Byron, 1788-1824. · 1847 · Scanned text · Free in the US

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Author
Byron, George Gordon Byron, 1788-1824.
Language
English
Published
1847
Length
1,123,029 words · about 78 h 39 min
Sections
160 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain in the United States

 

Contents (160)
  1. Front matter about 1 min
  2. Contents about 16 min
  3. Canto IV. . • under 1 min
  4. Canto II . Note about 2 min
  5. Canto IV. .... Notes about 4 min
  6. Canto 1 H. « . . . Canto ^CI. . » about 49 min
  7. Letter I. To Miss Pigot Of Southwell about 1 min
  8. Letter II about 2 min
  9. Letter III. To Miss# Pigot about 1 min
  10. Letter IV under 1 min
  11. Letter V about 2 min
  12. Letter VI about 1 min
  13. Letter VII about 2 min
  14. Letter IX about 2 min
  15. Letter X about 4 min
  16. Letter XII. To Mr, William Bakkes. - [fragment.] about 1 min
  17. Letter XIII about 1 min
  18. Letter XIV under 1 min
  19. Letter XV, To Miss Pigot about 1 min
  20. Letter XVI. To Miss Pigot about 3 min
  21. Letter XVII. To Miss Pigot about 3 min
  22. Letter XVIII. To Miss Fi Got about 3 min
  23. Letter XIX. To Miss Pigot about 4 min
  24. Letter XX. To Miss Pigot about 5 min
  25. Letter XXII about 2 min
  26. Letter XXIII about 2 min
  27. Letter XXIV about 4 h 43 min
  28. I about 24 h 24 min
  29. Preface about 39 min
  30. Canto II. CHILDE HAROLD’S PILGRIMAGE about 33 min
  31. Canto III about 38 min
  32. Canto IV. CHILDE HAROLD’S PILGRIMAGE about 1 h 8 min
  33. CANTO I. Yes ! sigh'd o'er Delphi's long deserted shrine about 4 min
  34. Canto II. NOTES TO CHILDE HAROLD about 30 min
  35. II. Franciscan Convent , Athens , January 23, 1811 about 7 min
  36. III. Athens, Franciscan Convent , 31ar. 17, 1811 about 15 min
  37. Appendix about 18 min
  38. Canto III. NOTES TO CHILDE HAROLD about 10 min
  39. Canto IV. NOTES TO CHILDE HAROLD about 3 h 3 min
  40. Canto I about 3 min
  41. IV. I about 2 min
  42. VI. Fair, as the first that fell of womankind about 1 min
  43. VII. “Zuleika! child of gentleness about 1 min
  44. VIII. In silence bow’d the virgin’s head about 1 min
  45. IX. His head was leant upon his hand about 2 min
  46. XI. * What ! not receive my foolish flower ? about 1 min
  47. XII about 2 min
  48. XIII. “ Think not thou art what thou appearest ! about 2 min
  49. Canto II. And lie so often storms at nought under 1 min
  50. XIV about 9 min
  51. XVI. “ Within thy father’s house are foes about 49 min
  52. XVII. Around him mustering ranged his ready guard about 21 min
  53. Canto III. Oft must my soul the question undergo about 23 min
  54. XVIII. They gain by twilight’s hour their lonely isle about 13 min
  55. Canto I. LARA about 15 min
  56. XIX. With all that chilling mystery of mien about 1 min
  57. XXI. And Lara gazed on these, sedately glad about 1 min
  58. XXII under 1 min
  59. XXIII about 2 min
  60. XXIV about 1 min
  61. XXV. And Lara call’d his page, and went his way about 1 min
  62. XXVI about 2 min
  63. XXVIII. He had look’d down upon the festive hall about 1 min
  64. XXIX about 1 min
  65. Canto II about 55 min
  66. XXX. Darkly, sternly, and all alone under 1 min
  67. XXXI about 1 min
  68. XXXII about 1 min
  69. XXXIII about 55 min
  70. XXXIV under 1 min
  71. XXXV about 1 min
  72. XXXVII. The word was formerly a “Cicisbeo,” under 1 min
  73. Xxxviii under 1 min
  74. XXXIX. ’Tis true, your budding Miss is very charming under 1 min
  75. XL under 1 min
  76. XLI. With alt its sinful doings, I must say under 1 min
  77. XLII. I like on Autumn evenings to ride out under 1 min
  78. XLIII. I also like to dine on becaficas about 1 min
  79. XLV. I like the women too, (forgive my folly.) about 1 min
  80. XLVII. “England ! with all thy faults I love thee still,” under 1 min
  81. XLVIII under 1 min
  82. XLIX. Our standing army, and disbanded seamen about 43 min
  83. Scene I. — Manfred alone — Scene, a Gothic Gal¬ lery — Time , Midnight about 14 min
  84. Act II about 4 min
  85. Scene II. — A lower Valley in the Alps. A Cataract. Enter Manfred about 8 min
  86. Scene III. — The Summit of the Jungfrau Mountain, Enter First Destiny about 6 min
  87. Act III, Which Autumn plants upon the perish’d leaf about 3 min
  88. Scene 1. — A Hall in the castle of Manfred. Manfred and Herman about 6 min
  89. Scene II. — Another Chamber. Manfred and Herman about 2 h 7 min
  90. Dedication about 14 min
  91. CANTO III. From out the mass of never-dying ill about 7 min
  92. Canto IV about 12 min
  93. Act I about 4 min
  94. Act 2. The cherubim-defended battlements ? about 44 min
  95. Act III about 34 min
  96. ACT I. Scene I. — An Antechamber in the Ducal Palace „ about 26 min
  97. Act II about 25 min
  98. Act III. MARINO FALIERO, DOGE OF VENICE about 26 min
  99. Act IV. Nor my own feelings — both compel me back •, • about 25 min
  100. Act V. MARINO FALIERO, DOGE OF VENICE about 36 min
  101. Appendix To Marino Faliero about 45 min
  102. Act I. DRAMATIS PERSON-® about 28 min
  103. ACT II. Scene I. — The Portal of the same Hall of the Palace about 22 min
  104. Act III. SARDANAPALUS about 18 min
  105. Act IV. SARDANAPALUS about 24 min
  106. Act V about 25 min
  107. Act I about 13 min
  108. Act II. THE TWO FOSCARI about 18 min
  109. Act III. THE TWO FOSCARf about 18 min
  110. Act IV: THE TWO POSC ART about 13 min
  111. Act V. And foreign traitor ? about 17 min
  112. Appendix To The Two Foscari about 18 min
  113. Appendix To The Two Foscart about 18 min
  114. Act I about 31 min
  115. Act II about 28 min
  116. Act III. WERNER about 19 min
  117. Scene III. — The secret Passage. Gab. (solus.) Four about 1 min
  118. Scene IV.— A Garden. Enter Werner about 6 min
  119. Act IV. WERNER under 1 min
  120. Scene I. — A Gothic Hall in the Castle of Siegerulorf. near Prague. Enter Eric and Henrick, retainers of the Count about 22 min
  121. Act V about 20 min
  122. Scene II. — The Interior of the Turret. Gabor and Siegendorf about 4 min
  123. PART I. Scene 1. — A Forest about 32 min
  124. Part II THE DEFORMED TRANSFORMED about 20 min
  125. Part III about 2 min
  126. Part I about 9 min
  127. Scene III. — The Mountains. — A Cavern , and the Rocks of Caucasus about 31 min
  128. Canto I about 8 min
  129. Canto II about 21 min
  130. Canto III about 5 min
  131. Canto IV. THE ISLAND about 16 min
  132. Appendix To The Island about 2 min
  133. Appendix To about 6 h 42 min
  134. Canto I about 41 min
  135. Scene I. — A Hall in the Castle of Manfred. Manfred and Herman about 2 h 31 min
  136. Canto II about 59 min
  137. Canto III about 49 min
  138. Canto IV. DON JUAN about 18 min
  139. Canto V. DON JUAN about 54 min
  140. Canto VI about 42 min
  141. Canto VII. XXX about 14 min
  142. Canto VIII. DON JUAN about 41 min
  143. Canto IX about 23 min
  144. Canto X. DON JUAN about 29 min
  145. Canto XI about 26 min
  146. Canto XII about 53 min
  147. Canto XIV about 32 min
  148. Canto XV about 28 min
  149. Canto XVI about 36 min
  150. Canto I about 1 min
  151. Canto III about 2 min
  152. Canto IV about 2 min
  153. Canto V about 5 min
  154. Canto VI under 1 min
  155. CANTO VII. Stanza li about 1 min
  156. Canto VIII about 1 min
  157. Canto X about 2 min
  158. Canto XI about 2 min
  159. Canto XII about 1 min
  160. Canto XIII about 14 min

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