History of English Literature Volume 3 (of 3)Taine, Hippolyte
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History of English Literature Volume 3 (of 3)
Taine, Hippolyte
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[Footnote 188: Byron's Works, X; "Lara," c. 2, st. 17-20, 60.]
[Footnote 189: Byron's Works, X; "Darkness," 283.]
[Footnote 190: Byron's Works, IV. 320; Letter to Mr. Murray, Ravenna,
June 7, 1820.]
[Footnote 191: The angel of holy loves, the angel of the ocean, the
choirs of happy spirits. See this at length in the "Martyrs."]
[Footnote 192: "Magna peccatrix." S. Lucæ. VII. 36: "Mulier Samaritana."
S. Johannis, IV; "Maria Ægyptiaca" (Acta Sanctorum), etc.]
[Footnote 193: Goethe's "Faust," translated by Theodore Martin. Prologue
in Heaven.]
[Footnote 194: Goethe sings:
"Wer ruft das Einzelne zur allgemeinen Weihe
Wo es in herrlichen Accorden schlägt?"]
[Footnote 195: Byron's Works, XI; "Manfred," II. 2, 32.]
[Footnote 196: Ibid.; "Manfred," III. 1, 56.]
[Footnote 197: Ibid.; "Manfred," II. 2, 35.]
[Footnote 198: Byron's Works, XI; "Manfred," II. 4, 47.]
[Footnote 199: Byron's Works, XI; "Manfred," II. 4, 49.]
[Footnote 200: Ibid. III. 4. 70.]
[Footnote 201: Southey, Preface to "A Vision of Judgment."]
[Footnote 202: Byron's Works, XVII; "Don Juan," c. 11, st. LXVII.]
[Footnote 203: Ibid. VI. 18; Letter 512, April 5, 1823.]
[Footnote 204: Ibid. II. 303; Journal, December 17, 1813.]
[Footnote 205: Alfred de Musset.]
[Footnote 206: See his terrible satirical poem, "The Vision of Judgment,"
against Southey, George IV, and official pomp.]
[Footnote 207: Byron's Works, XVI. 131; Preface to "Don Juan," cantos VI.,
VII., and VIII.]
[Footnote 208: "Don Juan" is a satire on the abuses in the present state
of society, and not a eulogy of vice.]
[Footnote 209: Stendhal, "Mémoires sur Lord Byron."]
[Footnote 210: Byron's Works, III. 333; Letter to Murray, Venice,
January 2, 1817.]
[Footnote 211: Ibid. III. 363; Letter to Moore, Venice, March 25, 1817.]
[Footnote 212: Byron's Works, IV. 279; Letter to Murray. Ravenna,
February 7, 1820.]
[Footnote 213: Ibid. XI; "Beppo," c. XLIII-XLV. 121.]
[Footnote 214: See Stendhal, "Vie de Giacomo Rossini," and Dean Stanley's
"Life of Dr. Arnold." The contrast is complete. See also Mme. de Staël's
"Corinne," where this opposition is very clearly grasped.]
[Footnote 215: Byron's Works, V. 127; Letter to Mr. Murray, Ravenna,
February 16, 1821.]
[Footnote 216: Ibid. XVI; "Don Juan," c. VI. st. LXVI-LXVIII.]
[Footnote 217: Byron's Works, "Don Juan," c. VI. st. LX.]
[Footnote 218: Byron's Works, XV; "Don Juan," c. II. st.
CLXXVII-CLXXXVIII.]
[Footnote 219: Ibid, XV; "Don Juan," c. II. st CXC.]
[Footnote 220: Ibid. c. II. st. CXCII.]
[Footnote 221: Byron says (V. October 12, 1820), "Don Juan is too true,
and would. I suspect, live longer than Childe Harold. The women hate
many things which strip off the tinsel of sentiment."]
[Footnote 222: "Don Juan," c. VII. st. 2. "I hope it is no crime to
laugh at all things. For I wish to know what, after all, are all
things--but a show?"]
[Footnote 223: Byron's Works, XV; "Don Juan," c. II. st. XIX-XXIII.]
[Footnote 224: Ibid. c. III. st. V.]
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