Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 -- Last years; Poets, English -- 19th century -- Biography
effective mode of reproof, 117;
on the useless supplies sent by the London Committee, 119;
abandonment of the Lepanto project, 121;
illness and feelings as to death, 122-125;
dismisses the Suliotes, 125, 142;
anecdote of _Jerry Bentham's Cruise_, 126 _et seq._;
interest in the working classes, 130;
his politics, 131;
on America, 131;
the story of Hatajè, 133 _et seq._;
Turkish brig ashore, 139;
firmness and tact in difficulties, 140, 156 _et seq._;
desertion of the English artificers, 142, 143;
improvement in his health, 144;
favourite dogs, 145, 227;
daily life, 145, 147;
the unhealthy state of Missolonghi, 146;
bodyguard, 146;
indisposition of, 148;
peasants' respect for, 149;
no desire for self-aggrandizement in Greece, 151 _et seq._;
Greek loan raised in London, 156;
receives the freedom of Missolonghi, 157;
Cariascachi's treachery, 159 _et seq._;
detailed accounts of his last illness, and death, 163 _et seq._, 192
_et seq._, 403 _et seq._;
eulogies on, 174 _et seq._, 201, 205;
Trelawny's opinion of, 178 _et seq._;
effect of his death on Greece, 183 _et seq._, 201;
the funeral oration, 185;
body conveyed to Zante, and thence to England, 198 _et seq._;
arrival of the body in England, 202-204;
character sketch by Colonel Stanhope, 205 _et seq._;
funeral procession and burial at Hucknall-Torkard, 215, 216;
what the poems reveal, 219 _et seq._;
infatuation for Mary Chaworth, 220 _et seq._;
mystery of the _Thyrza_ poems, 221 _et seq._;
romantic attachment to Edleston, 222, 223, 230, 231;
anecdote of Mary Chaworth's gift, 224;
his mother's death, 227;
on death of his friends, 227, 228;
_Childe Harold_, 233, 236, 238, 287, 363;
and the Hon. Mrs. George Lamb, 235;
disbelief in existence after death, 239, 240;
in great dejection writes _The Giaour_, _The Bride of Abydos_, and
_The Corsair_, 240, 256 _et seq._, 277, 278, 281, 303;
and Lady Webster, 240, 241, 259;
persuaded to give up going abroad, 241, 242;
what he wishes the world to believe about Mary Chaworth, 244, 245;
their meetings after her separation from her husband, 246, 258 _et
seq._;
remorse and parting, 249;
suspense and fear preceding the birth of Medora, 253, 260;
reason of separation from his wife, 255;
reproaches Mary Chaworth, 256, 257;
device for a seal, 261, 267;
remarkable letter to Moore, 266;
birth of Medora, 268;
_Lara_, 268, 271, 273;
partly the cause of the scandal about Mrs. Leigh, 270;
effect of Miss Milbanke's first refusal, 271 _et seq._;
_Harmodia_, 274, 275;
_Don Juan_, 276, 304 _et seq._;
_Hebrew Melodies_, 277;
_Herod's Lament for Mariamne_, 278;
his significant communication to his lawyer, 279;
verses to Mary Chaworth, 280, 281;
fear of disgrace, 281;
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