Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 (of 6) eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 484 pages of information about Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 (of 6).

Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 (of 6) eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 484 pages of information about Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 (of 6).
  1817.  Feb., finishes ‘Manfred’
    March, translates from the Armenian, a correspondence between
      St. Paul and the Corinthians
    April
    Makes a short visit to Rome, and writes there a new third act to
      ‘Manfred’
    July, writes, at Venice, the fourth canto of ‘Childe Harold’
    Oct., writes ‘Beppo’
  1818.  The Fornarina, Margaritta Cogni
    July, writes ‘Ode on Venice’
    Nov., finishes ‘Mazeppa’
  1819.  Jan., finishes second canto of ‘Don Juan’
    April, beginning of his acquaintance with the Countess Guiccioli
    June, writes ‘Stanzas to the Po’
    Dec., completes the third and fourth cantos of ‘Don Juan’
    Removes to Ravenna
  1820.  Jan., domesticated with Countess Guiccioli
    Feb., translates first canto of the ‘Morgante Maggiore’
    March, finishes ‘Prophecy of Dante’
    Translates ‘Francesa of Rimini’
    And writes ’Observations upon an Article in Blackwood’s
      Magazine’
    April—­July, writes ‘Marino Faliero’
    Oct.—­Nov., writes fifth canto of ‘Don Juan’
  1821.  Feb., writes ’Letter on the Rev. W.L.  Bowles’s Strictures on
      the Life of Pope’
    March, ‘Second Letter,’ &c. 
    May, finishes ‘Sardanapalus’
    July, ‘The Two Foscari’
    Sept., ‘Cain’
    Oct., writes ‘Heaven and Earth, a Mystery’
    and ‘Vision of Judgment’
    Removes to Pisa
  1822.  Jan., finishes ‘Werner’
    Sept, removes to Genoa
    His coalition with Hunt in the ‘Liberal’
  1823.  April, turns his views towards Greece
    Receives a communication from the London committee
    May, offers to proceed to Greece, and to devote his resources
      to the object in view
    Preparations for his departure
    July 14., sails for Greece
    Reaches Argostoli
    Excursion to Ithaca
    Waits, at Cephalonia, the arrival of the Greek fleet
    His conversations on religion with Dr. Kennedy at Mataxata
    His letters to Madame Guiccioli
    His address to the Greek government
    And remonstrance to Prince Mavrocordati
    Testimonies to the benevolence and soundness of his views
    Instances of his humanity and generosity while at Cephalonia
  1824.  Jan. 5., arrives at Missolonghi
    Writes ‘Lines on completing my thirty-sixth year’
    Intended attack upon Lepanto
    Is made commander-in-chief of the expedition
    Rupture with the Suliotes
    The expedition suspended
    His last illness
    His death
    His funeral
    Inscription on his monument
    His will
    His person
    His sensitiveness on the subject of his lameness
    His abstemiousness
    His habitual melancholy
    His tendency to make the worst of his own obliquities
    His generosity and kind-heartedness
    His politics
    His religious opinions
    His tendency to superstition
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