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The works of Lord Byron, in verse and prose, including his letters, journals, etc. with a sketch of his life

George Gordon Byron Byron · 1834 · Scanned text

1,115,832 words · about 78 h 8 min to read

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Language
English
Published
1834
Length
1,115,832 words · about 78 h 8 min
Sections
165 reader sections
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Contents (165)
  1. Front matter about 1 min
  2. Contents about 14 min
  3. Canto II. . 126 BIEGE OF CORINTH 131 about 2 min
  4. Canto. IV 375 Appendix 378 about 4 min
  5. Preface to Cantos VI. VH. VIII. . . 547 about 48 min
  6. Letter II about 4 min
  7. Letter IV under 1 min
  8. Letter V about 8 h 59 min
  9. 1 about 1 h 54 min
  10. I about 18 h 33 min
  11. Preface about 6 min
  12. Canto I under 1 min
  13. II about 29 min
  14. 2. And dost thou ask, what secret wo about 4 min
  15. Canto II. CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE about 33 min
  16. Canto III about 1 min
  17. III under 1 min
  18. IV under 1 min
  19. V about 1 min
  20. VII about 17 min
  21. 3 under 1 min
  22. 4 about 19 min
  23. Canto IV. CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE about 1 h 8 min
  24. Canto I about 4 min
  25. Canto II. NOTES TO CHILDE HAROLD about 4 min
  26. 6 about 3 min
  27. 7 about 2 min
  28. 8 about 11 min
  29. 10. Dance lightly, more gently about 31 min
  30. Appendix about 16 min
  31. Canto III. NOTES TO CHILDE HAROLD about 3 min
  32. 11. The castled crag of Drachenfels about 6 min
  33. Canto IV. NOTES TO CHILDE HAROLD about 2 h 58 min
  34. Canto I. THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS about 10 min
  35. VIII. In silence bow'd the virgin's head about 7 min
  36. Canto II. THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS about 46 min
  37. IX. Unlike the heroes of each ancient race about 1 min
  38. X. Slight are the outward signs of evil thought about 28 min
  39. XI about 1 min
  40. XII. He slept in calmest seeming — for his breath about 5 min
  41. Canto III. Oft must my soul the qiiesiion undergo about 38 min
  42. CANTO I. The Serfs are glad through Lara's wide domain about 27 min
  43. Canto II. LARA about 8 min
  44. XIII under 1 min
  45. XIV about 1 min
  46. XV. Commanding, aiding, animating all about 25 min
  47. XVI. Still by the shore Alp mutely mused about 2 min
  48. XVII about 1 min
  49. XVIII. There is a temple in ruin stands about 37 min
  50. XIX. Hugo is fallen ; and, from that hour about 1 min
  51. XX. And Azo found another bride about 30 min
  52. XXII under 1 min
  53. XXIII under 1 min
  54. XXIV under 1 min
  55. XXV. Her husband sail'd upon the Adriatic under 1 min
  56. XXVI under 1 min
  57. XXVII under 1 min
  58. XXVIII under 1 min
  59. XXIX. And Laura waited long, and wept a little under 1 min
  60. XXX under 1 min
  61. XXXI under 1 min
  62. XXXII under 1 min
  63. XXXIII. He patronized the Improvisatori under 1 min
  64. XXXIV under 1 min
  65. XXXV under 1 min
  66. XXXVI under 1 min
  67. XXXVII. The word was formerly a "Cicisbeo," under 1 min
  68. XXXVIII. However, I still think, with all due deference under 1 min
  69. XXXIX under 1 min
  70. XL. But " Cavalier Servente" is the phrase under 1 min
  71. XLI. With all its sinful doings, I must say under 1 min
  72. XLII about 1 min
  73. XLIV about 44 min
  74. Scene I. — Manfred alone — Scene^ a Gothic Gallery — Time, Midnight about 9 min
  75. Scene II. — The Mountain of the Jungfrau. — Time. Morning. — Manfred alone upon the Cliffs about 3 min
  76. Act II about 13 min
  77. Scene III. — The Summit of the Jungfrau Mountain. Enter First Destiny about 6 min
  78. Act III about 13 min
  79. Scene IV. — Interior of the Tower. Manfred alone about 25 min
  80. 12. Weigh'd in the balance, hero dust under 1 min
  81. 13. And she, proud Austria's mournful flower under 1 min
  82. 14. Then haste thee to thy sullen Isle under 1 min
  83. 15 under 1 min
  84. 16. Or like the thief of fire from heaven, ^ about 19 min
  85. 18. Though smile and sigh alike are vain about 16 min
  86. 19. In time forbear ; amidst the throng about 51 min
  87. 20 under 1 min
  88. 22. Lloravan todas las damas Quantas en Granada avia about 11 min
  89. Dedication about 14 min
  90. CANTO III. From out the mass of never-dying ill about 5 min
  91. Canto IV about 13 min
  92. Act I. CAIN about 1 min
  93. Scene I. — The land without Paradise. — Time^ Sunrise about 22 min
  94. Act II about 8 min
  95. Scene II. — Hades. Enter Lucifer and Caix about 14 min
  96. Act III. CAIN about 35 min
  97. Act I about 25 min
  98. Act II. MARINO FALIERO, DOGE OF VENICE about 31 min
  99. Act III about 25 min
  100. Act IV. Nor my own feelings — both compel me back about 25 min
  101. Act V. MARINO FALIERO, DOGE OF VENICE about 34 min
  102. Appendix To Marino Faliero about 46 min
  103. Act I. DRAMATIS PERSONS about 24 min
  104. Act II. SARDANAPALUS about 26 min
  105. Act III. SARDANAPALUS about 18 min
  106. Act IV. SARDANAPALUS about 24 min
  107. Act V about 25 min
  108. Act I about 13 min
  109. Act II. THE TWO FOSCARI about 18 min
  110. Act III. THE TWO FOSCARI about 18 min
  111. Act IV. THE TWO FOSCARI about 13 min
  112. Act V. And foreign traitor ? about 17 min
  113. Appendix To The Two Foscari about 35 min
  114. Act I about 32 min
  115. Act II. WERNER about 27 min
  116. Act III. WERNER about 19 min
  117. Scene III. — The secret Passage. Gab. (solus.) Four about 2 min
  118. Scene IV. — A Garden about 6 min
  119. Act IV. WERNER under 1 min
  120. Scene I.— A Gothic Hall in the Castle of Siegendorf. 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 I. — A Forest about 32 min
  124. Part II, THE DEFORMED TRANSFORMED about 17 min
  125. Part III. THE DEFORMED TRylNSPORMED about 4 min
  126. Part I. On the wrist of tl\e noble about 41 min
  127. Canto I about 8 min
  128. Canto II. I about 21 min
  129. Canto III. CANTO III about 9 min
  130. Canto IV about 12 min
  131. Appendix To The Island about 1 h 14 min
  132. 24. It is not war their aid demands about 47 min
  133. 25. Therefore, farewell, old Granta's spires ! about 9 min
  134. 27. With storms she welcomes his expiring groans under 1 min
  135. 29. The gloomy tenants, Newstead! of thy cells about 1 min
  136. 30. Vassals, within thy hospitable pale under 1 min
  137. 34. From these descending, sons to sires succeed about 4 h 8 min
  138. XLV under 1 min
  139. XLVI about 1 min
  140. XLVIII. " Five millions of the primitive, who hold under 1 min
  141. XLIX about 20 min
  142. Canto I about 3 h 11 min
  143. Canto II. DON JUAN about 1 h 13 min
  144. Canto III. DON JUAN about 24 min
  145. CANTO IV. Nothing so difficult as a beginning about 30 min
  146. Canto V. DON JUAN about 54 min
  147. CANTO VI. " There is a tide in the affairs of men about 34 min
  148. Canto VII about 24 min
  149. CANTO VIII. Oh blood and thunder ! and oh blood and wounds ! about 38 min
  150. Canto IX. CXXXIV about 23 min
  151. Canto X. DON JUAN about 27 min
  152. Canto XI. DON JUAN about 27 min
  153. Canto XII. DON JUAN about 23 min
  154. Canto XIII. LXXIX about 34 min
  155. Canto XIV about 28 min
  156. Canto XV about 27 min
  157. Canto XVI about 38 min
  158. Canto I about 1 min
  159. Canto III about 2 min
  160. Canto IV about 2 min
  161. Canto V about 4 min
  162. CANTO VII. Stanza li about 1 min
  163. Canto VIII under 1 min
  164. Canto IX about 1 min
  165. Canto X about 19 min

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