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The works of Lord Byron, in verse and prose, including his letters, journals, etc

George Gordon Byron Byron · 1833 · Scanned text

1,084,531 words · about 75 h 57 min to read

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Language
English
Published
1833
Length
1,084,531 words · about 75 h 57 min
Sections
159 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
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Contents (159)
  1. Front matter about 3 min
  2. Contents about 11 min
  3. Canto II 126 Note 130 about 2 min
  4. Canto. IV. . 375 Appendix 378 about 52 min
  5. Letter II about 4 min
  6. Letter IV under 1 min
  7. Letter V about 1 min
  8. LETTER VI. "London, August, 18th, 1806 about 1 min
  9. Letter VII about 1 min
  10. Letter VIII. To Miss Pigot about 1 min
  11. Letter IX. To The Earl Of Clare about 2 min
  12. Letter X about 3 min
  13. Letter XII about 1 min
  14. Letter XIII about 1 min
  15. Letter XIV under 1 min
  16. Letter XV. To Miss Pigot about 1 min
  17. Letter XVI. To Miss Pigot about 3 min
  18. Letter XVII. To Miss Pigot about 3 min
  19. Letter XVIII. To Miss Pigot about 2 min
  20. Letter XIX. To Miss Pigot about 4 min
  21. Letter XX. To Miss Pigot about 5 min
  22. Letter XXII about 2 min
  23. Letter XXIII about 2 min
  24. LETTER XXIV. TO MR, HENRY DRURy.f v about 2 min
  25. Letter XXV about 1 min
  26. Letter XXVI about 3 min
  27. Letter XXVIII about 2 min
  28. Letter XXIX about 1 min
  29. Letter XXX about 1 min
  30. Letter XXXII about 1 min
  31. Letter XXXIII about 1 min
  32. Letter XXXIV about 2 min
  33. Letter XXXV about 1 min
  34. Letter XXXVI about 1 min
  35. Letter XXXVII about 3 min
  36. Letter XXXIX about 4 min
  37. Letter XL about 1 min
  38. Letter XLII under 1 min
  39. Letter XLIII about 1 min
  40. Letter XLIV about 2 min
  41. Letter XLV about 19 h 24 min
  42. II about 7 h 29 min
  43. Preface about 6 min
  44. Canto I about 29 min
  45. 2. And dost thou ask, what secret wo under 1 min
  46. 4. It is that weariness which springs about 4 min
  47. Canto II about 34 min
  48. III under 1 min
  49. IV under 1 min
  50. V about 39 min
  51. CANTO IV. VintohoToscana, Lombardm, nomagna about 1 h 6 min
  52. CANTO 1. Ves ! sighed oW Delphi^s long deserted shrine about 2 min
  53. 5. Yet Mafra shaU one moment claim delay about 1 min
  54. 6 under 1 min
  55. 8. No ! as he speeds, he chants, " Vivd el Rey ."' about 1 min
  56. 10. The ball-inled pyramid, t!ie ever-blazing match under 1 min
  57. 12 about 2 min
  58. CANTO II. — - despite of war and wasting /ire about 49 min
  59. Appendix about 16 min
  60. Canto III. 1 about 5 min
  61. 14 about 1 min
  62. 16 about 1 min
  63. 17. In the sun's face, like yonder Alpine snow under 1 min
  64. 18. By the blue rushing of the arrov>y Rhone about 1 min
  65. 20. Of earth-d'er gazing mount nins about 2 min
  66. 22. And sunset into rose-hues sees them wrought about 3 min
  67. 24 about 2 h 57 min
  68. Canto I about 11 min
  69. VII. " Zuleika ! child of gentleness about 1 min
  70. VIII. In silence bow'd the virgin's head about 3 min
  71. CANTO II. The winds are high on Hello's wave about 44 min
  72. IX. Unlike the heroes of each ancient race about 1 min
  73. X. Slight are the outward signs of evil thought about 1 min
  74. XI. Yet was not Conrad thus by Nature sent about 2 min
  75. XIII. He paused a moment — till his hastening men about 1 min
  76. XIV about 6 min
  77. XVI. From crag to crag descending — swiftly sped about 2 min
  78. XVII about 45 min
  79. XIX about 1 min
  80. XX about 27 min
  81. XXI about 1 min
  82. XXII. "'Tis he!" the stranger cried, and those that heard under 1 min
  83. XXIII. It were too much for Lara to pass by about 2 min
  84. XXIV. "To-morrow ! — ay, to-morrow !" further word about 1 min
  85. XXV about 1 min
  86. XXVI. Light was his form, and darkly delicate about 1 min
  87. XXVII. If aught he loved, 'twas Lara; but was shown about 1 min
  88. XXVIII. He had look'd down upon the festive hall about 1 min
  89. XXIX about 56 min
  90. XXX about 1 min
  91. XXXI about 56 min
  92. XXXII under 1 min
  93. XXXIII. He patronized the Improvisatori under 1 min
  94. XXXIV under 1 min
  95. XXXV under 1 min
  96. XXXVI about 1 min
  97. XXXVIII. However, I still think, with all due deference under 1 min
  98. XXXIX under 1 min
  99. XL. But "Cavalier Servente" is the phrase under 1 min
  100. XLI. With all its sinful doings, I must say under 1 min
  101. XLII. I hke on Autumn evenings to ride out under 1 min
  102. XLIII. I also like to dine on becaficas under 1 min
  103. XLIV about 44 min
  104. Scene I.— Manfred alone— Scene, a Gothic Gallery- Time, Midnight about 9 min
  105. Scene II. — The Mountain of the Jungfrmi. — Time, Morning. — Manfred done upon the Clrffs about 16 min
  106. Scene III. — TTie Summit of the Jungfrau Mounto Enter First Destiny about 9 min
  107. Scene I. — A Hall in the Castle of Manfred. Manfred and Herman about 6 min
  108. Scene II. — Another Chamber. Manfred and Herman about 3 min
  109. Scene IV. — Interior of the Tower. Manfred alone about 2 h 4 min
  110. Dedication about 21 min
  111. Canto IV about 12 min
  112. Scene I. — The land withmit Paradise. — 2\Vne, Sunrise. Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel, Adah, Zillah about 22 min
  113. ACT II. Scene I. — The Abyss of Space about 25 min
  114. Act III about 35 min
  115. Act I about 1 min
  116. Scene II. — The Ducal Chamber. Marino Faliero, Doge ; and his Nephew, Ber about 23 min
  117. Act II about 27 min
  118. Act III about 25 min
  119. Act IV about 26 min
  120. Act V about 33 min
  121. Appendix To Marino Faliero about 46 min
  122. ACT I. Scene I. — A Hall in the Palace about 28 min
  123. Act II about 24 min
  124. Act III about 18 min
  125. Act IV about 23 min
  126. Act V about 22 min
  127. Act I about 33 min
  128. ACT III. -The Prison of Jacopo Foscari about 17 min
  129. Act IV about 14 min
  130. ACT V. Scene I. — The Doge's Apartment about 15 min
  131. Appendix To The Two Foscari about 36 min
  132. Act I about 1 h 17 min
  133. Scene III. — Tlie secret Passage. Gab. {solus.) Pour about 2 min
  134. Scene IV. — A Garden about 6 min
  135. Scene I. — A Gothic Hcdl in the Castle of Siegendorf. near Prague. Enter Eric and Henrick, retainers of the Count about 42 min
  136. Scene II.— The Interior of the Turret. Gabor and Siegendorf about 37 min
  137. Part II about 1 h
  138. Canto I about 8 min
  139. Canto II. I about 21 min
  140. Canto III about 9 min
  141. Canto IV. I about 12 min
  142. Appendix To The Island about 5 min
  143. Appendix To The Island about 2 h 5 min
  144. 25. Here Desolation holds her dreary court under 1 min
  145. 29. The gloomy tenants, Newstead! of thy cells about 4 h 5 min
  146. XLV under 1 min
  147. XLVI. " I know he was a constant consort ; own under 1 min
  148. XLVII under 1 min
  149. XLVIII. "Five millions of the primitive, who hold under 1 min
  150. XLIX about 20 min
  151. Canto I about 2 h 51 min
  152. Canto II about 8 h 20 min
  153. Canto III about 2 min
  154. Canto IV about 2 min
  155. Canto V about 4 min
  156. Canto VIII about 1 min
  157. Canto IX about 1 min
  158. Canto X about 2 min
  159. Canto XI about 11 min

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