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Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 / With His Letters and Journals

Chapter 92: THE END.
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The volume assembles the poet's letters and journals from February 1823 to his death in April 1824, accompanied by editorial notices and an appendix, to present a close chronological portrait of his final months. Personal correspondence exposes family estrangement, anxieties about reputation and exile, and reflections on literary work and health, while the collected miscellaneous prose—reviews, speeches, and fragments—supplies critical and contextual perspective. Together the documents and commentary illuminate his temperament, creative restlessness, and the public controversies that shaped his last period.

N.

  • Napier, Colonel, vi. 099, 109. 111, 112.
    • His testimony to the benevolence and soundness of Lord Byron's views with regard to Greece, 110.
  • Naples, 'the second best sea view, iv. 5.
  • Napoleon. See Buonaparte.
  • Nathan, his 'Hebrew nasalities,' iii. 153.
  • Nature, vi. 362, 363.
  • ——, 'PRAYER of.' i. 154.
  • 'Naufragia,' Clarke's, ii. 214.
  • Nelson, Southey's Life of, ii.268.
  • Nepean, Mr., iii. 283.
  • ——, Sir Evan, ii. 142.
  • Nerni, iii. 283.
  • Newstead, granted by Henry VIII. to Sir John Byron, i. 3.
  • A prophecy of Mother Shipton's respecting, 33.
  • Let to Lord Grey de Ruthen, 79.
  • Lord Byron's affection for, 79, 234. 353.; ii. 233.
  • Description of, and of the noble owner, 247.
  • Attempted sale of, 173. 260.; iii. 112.
  • Nicopolis, ruins of, i. 295.
  • Night, vi. 259.
  • Nobility of thought and style defined, vi. 414.
  • Noel, Lady, iii. 202.; iv. 2. 10. 337.; v. 190. 306. 336.; vi. 278, 279.
  • Norfolk (Charles Howard), twelfth Duke of, ii. 148.
  • Nottingham frame breaking bill, ii. 121.
  • ——, Lord Byron's residence at, i. 41. 79.
  • 'Nourjahad,' a drama, falsely attributed to Lord Byron, ii. 280. 283.
  • Novels, ii. 295.

O.

  • Oak, the Byron, i. 148.
  • 'ODE ON VENICE,' iv. 125.
  • O'Donnovan, P.M., his 'Sir Proteus.' iii. 91.
  • 'OH! banish care.' ii. 73.
  • 'OH! Memory, torture me no more.' i. 85.
  • O'Higgins, Mr., his Irish tragedy, iii. 182. 185.
  • Olympus, iii. 196.
  • O'Neil, Miss, actress, iii. 77.
  • Orators, only two thorough ones, in all antiquity, ii. 210.
    • 'Things of ages.' 210.
  • Orchomenus, i. 309.
  • Orrery, Earl of, his Life of Swift quoted, iii. 133 n.
  • Osborne, Lord Sidney, v. 85.
  • 'Otello,' Rossini's, iv. 92.
  • Otway, his three requisites for an Englishman, ii. 51.
  • His 'Beividera.' iii. 371.
  • Ouchy, iii. 284.
  • Owenson, Miss, iii. 9.
    • See Morgan, Lady.
  • Oxford, Gibbon's bitter recollections of, i. 196.
    • Dryden's praise of, at the expense of Cambridge, 198.
  • Oxford, Earl of, ii. 173. 180, 181. 213. 217.
  • ——, Countess of, ii. 173. 181. 217.

P.

  • 'PARISINA,' 1000 guineas offered for it and the 'Siege of Corinth,' by Mr. Murray, iii. 221.
    • Fancied resemblance between part of the poem and a similar scene in 'Marmion.' 227.
  • Parker, Sir Peter, stanzas written by Lord Byron on his death, iii. 120.
  • ——, Lady, i. 212.
  • ——, Margaret, Lord Byron's boyish love for, i. 52.
  • Parkins, Miss Fanny, iii. 108.
  • PARLIAMENT, Lord Byron's Speeches in, ii. 128. 147. 207. 256.; vi. 314, 321. 335.
  • Parnassus, Lord Byron's visit to, and stanzas upon, i. 303.
  • Parr, Dr., iv. 135.; v. 79.
  • Parry, Captain, vi. 139. 175 n. 187. 195. 217.
  • Parruca, Signor, letter to, vi 177.
  • Parthenon, vi. 359, 360.
  • Pasquali, Padre, iii. 330. 334.; iv. 78.
  • Past, 'the best prophet of the future.' v. 89.
  • Paterson, Mr. (Lord Byron's tutor at Aberdeen), i. 18.
  • Patrons, 8. 340.
  • Paul, St., translation from the Armenian, of correspondence between the Corinthians and, vi. 271.
  • Paul's, St., Cathedral, comparison with St. Sophia's, i. 329.
  • Pausanias, his 'Achaics' quoted, vi. 391.
  • Payne, Thomas, bookseller, ii. 67, 67 n.
  • Peel, Right Hon. Sir Robert, i. 61 n.
    • Lord Byron's form-fellow at Harrow, 62.; ii. 209.; iii. 322.; iv. 346.
  • ——, William, Esq., one of Lord Byron's friends, i. 99.
  • Penelope, baths of, Lord Byron's visit to, vi. 074.
  • Penn, Granville, esq., his 'Bioscope, or Dial of Life, explained, ii. 170.
  • ——, William, the founder of Quakerism, ii. 273.
  • Perry, James, esq, v. 136.
  • Petersburgh, ii. 233.
  • Petrarch, his literary and personal character interwoven., i. x.
    • His severity to his daughter, iii. 127.
    • In his youth a coxcomb., 233 n.
    • His portrait in the Manfrini palace, iv. 8.;
    • his popularity, v. 15.
    • See also, ii. 116 n.
  • Phillips, Ambrose, his pastorals, vi. 371.
  • ——, S.M., esq, ii. 283.
  • ——, Thomas, esq., R.A, iii. 97, 98.
  • Philosophers, celibacy of eminent, iii. 134.
  • Phoenix, Sheridan's story of the, ii. 163.
  • Physic, its effect in raising the spirits, v. 264.
  • Pictures, iv. 9.
  • Pierce Plowman, i. 148.
  • Pigot, Miss,, i. 97. 111. 269.; v. 256, 257 n.
    • Account of her first acquaintance with Lord Byron, i. 98.
    • Lord Byron's letters to, i. 100. 105. 108, 109. 113. 159, 160, 162, 165. 168. 171. 173.
  • Pigot, Dr, i. 112.
    • His account of Lord Byron's visit to Harrowgate, 113.
    • Lord Byron's letters to; i. 104. 107, 108. 123. 158.; ii. 31.
  • Pigot, Mrs., Lord Byron's letter to, i. 164.
  • Pigot, family, i. 28.
  • Pindemonte, Ippolito, Lord Byron's portrait of, iv. 32.
  • Pitt, Rt. Hon. William, ii. 208.
  • Plagiarism, ii. 314.; iii. 177.; iv. 236.; v. 225, 225 n.
  • Players, an impracticable people, iii. 185.
  • 'Pleasures of Hope.', ii. 98. 240.
  • 'Pleasures of Memory.', ii. 240.
  • Plethora, abstinence the sole remedy for, iii. 337.
  • Poetry, distasteful to Byron when a boy., ii. 7 n.
    • When to be employed as the interpreter of feeling, iii. 231.
    • Addiction to, whence resulting, 241.
    • New school of, iv. 63. 99. 297.
    • 'The feeling of a former world and future', v. 89.
    • Descriptive, vi. 367.
    • Ethical, 'the highest of all, 369.
    • See also, iv. 105. 306.; v. 89. 285.
  • Poets, self-educated ones, i. 145.
    • Lord Byron's list of celebrated poets of all nations, i. 146.;
    • Unfitted for the calm affections and comforts of domestic life, iii. 125.
    • Querulous and monotonous lives of, ii. 227.
    • Female, 278.
  • See also, v. 95.; vi. 368. 376.
  • Polidori, Dr., iii. 247, 248. 275, 276. 285. 301. 306. 342.; iv. 5. 7. 38, 39. 72. 147. 150. 152.
    • Some account of, iii. 275.
    • Anecdotes of, 278. 301. 306.
    • His 'Vampire, 282 n.; iv. 147.
    • His tragedy, 54.
  • Political consistency, vi. 237.
  • Politics, ii. 311.
  • Pomponius Atticus, ii. 266.
  • Pope, Alexander, a self-educated poet, i. 145.
  • Lord Byron's enthusiastic admiration of, 226.
  • His youth and Byron's compared, 265.
  • An example of filial tenderness, ii. 33 n.
    • His Prologue to Cato, 165.
    • His ineffable distance above all modern poets, iv. 64. 139.
    • The parent of real English poetry, 143.
    • Atrocious cant and nonsense about, 297.
    • The Christianity of English poetry, v. 13.
    • Ten times more poetry in his 'Essay on Man' than in the 'Excursion,' 18.
    • Keats' depreciation of, 22.
    • The most faultless of poets, 26.
    • His imagery, 139.
    • The greatest name in our poetry, 150.
    • His Essay upon Phillips's Pastorals a model of irony, vi. 371.
    • The principal inventor of modern gardening, 408.
    • His 'Homer,' v. 138.; vi. 373. 376. 413.
    • 'LETTER ON BOWLES'S STRICTURES ON THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF,' vi. 346.
    • SECOND LETTER, vi. 382.
    • See, also, i. 223.; iii. 219.; v. 33.
  • Porson, Professor, his 'Devil's Walk,' ii. 40. 304.
    • Lord Byron's recollection of, iv. 84,
  • Portrait painter, agonies of a, vi. 363.
  • Pouqueville, M. de, iv. 322.
  • Powerscourt, Lord, one of Lord Byron's friends, i. 99. 203.
  • Pratt, Samuel Jackson, i. 209. 243.; ii. 54.
  • Priestley, Dr., his Christian materialism, vi. 259.
  • Prince Regent, iii. 41.; iv. 185.
    • Lord Byron's introduction to, ii. 155.
    • See George IV.
  • Prior's Paulo Purgante, iv. 183.
  • 'PRISONER OF CHILLON,' iii. 285.; iv. 27.
  • Probabilities, Dr. Miller's Essay on, iii. 119.
  • Probationary Odes, ii. 169.
  • Prologues, 'only two decent ones in our language,' ii. 165.
  • 'PROMETHEUS,' of Æschylus, iv. 67.
  • 'PROPHECY OF DANTE, in four cantos,' iv. 291. 308.
  • Prophets, v. 8. 89.
  • Pulci, his 'Morgante Maggiore,' iv. 279. 283. 305. 308. 343.
    • 'Sire of the half serious rhyme,' v. 118. 240. 312.
  • Punctuation, ii. 327.

Q.

  • Quarrels of Authors, D'Israeli's, iii. 15.
  • Quarterly Review, ii. 240.
  • 'Quentin Durward,' vi. 115.

R.

  • Rae, John, comedian, iii. 177.
  • Rainsford, Lord Byron's schoolfellow at Harrow, i. 61.
  • Rancliffe, Lord, iii. 78. 82.
  • Raphael, his hair, iv. 25.
  • Rashleigh, Lord Byron's schoolfellow at Harrow, i. 91.
  • Ravenna, iv. 165. 270.
  • Raymond, James Grant, comedian, ii. 162.
  • Reading, the love of, i. 139.; iii. 22.
  • Regnard, his hypochondriacism, v. 81.
  • Reinagle, R.R., his chained eagle, iii. 245.
  • 'Rejected Addresses,' 'the best of the kind since the Rolliad,' ii. 179, 180.; vi. 371.
  • ——, the Genuine, ii. 181 n.
  • Republics, ii. 272.
  • Reviewers, ii. 240.
  • Reviews, i. 60.
  • Reynolds, Sir Joshua, 'not good in history,' v. 65.
  • Reynolds, J.H., his 'Safie,' iii. 6. 40.
  • 'Ricciardetto,' Lord Glenbervie's translation of, iv. 321.; v. 328.
  • Rice, Lord Byron's schoolfellow at Harrow, i. 64.
  • Richardson, 'the vainest and luckiest of authors,' v. 55.
  • Riddel, Lady, her masquerade at Bath, at which Lord Byron appeared, i. 78.
  • Ridge, printer, i. 106-108. 111. 166.; iii. 38, 39.
  • Riga, the Greek patriot, vi. 151 n.
  • Roberts, Mr. (editor of the British Review), iv. 186.
  • Robins, George, auctioneer, ii. 201. in. 170.
  • Robinson Crusoe, the first part said to be written by Lord Oxford, ii. 214.
  • Rocca, M. de, iii. 251.
  • Rochdale estate, in Lancashire, the sale of, i. 32.
  • Rochefoucault, 'always right,' ii. 288.
    • Sayings of, v. 95.
  • Rogers, Samuel, esq., his 'Pleasures of Memory,' ii. 240. 267.
    • His 'Jacqueline,' iii. 92.
    • 'The Tithonus of poetry,' iv. 6.
    • 'The father of present poesy,' 80.
    • His Tribute to the memory of Lord Byron, v. 274.
    • Lord Byron's letters to, ii. 121. 185.; ii. 44. 90. 92. 199. 217. 223. 250. 373.; iv. 89.; v. 267.
    • See also, i. 231.; ii. 85. 89, 90. 95. 98. 113. 121. 160. 175. 188. 196. 240. 267. 276. 291, 292.; iii. 13. 234. 360. 369.; iv. 5. 64.
  • ——, Mr., of Nottingham (Lord Byron's Latin tutor), i. 41.
  • Rokeby, Lord Byron's schoolfellow at Harrow, i. 91.
  • Roman Catholic religion, v. 142.
  • Romanelli, physician, i. 343.
  • Rome, 'the wonderful,' iv. 14. 31.
    • Finer than Greece, 26. 58.
  • Romeo and Juliet, the story of, iii. 308. 322. 375.
  • Rose, William Stewart, esq., his 'Animali,' iv. 95.
    • His 'Lines to Lord Byron,' 98.
  • Rose glaciers, iii. 253. 265.
  • 'Rose-water,' vi. 399.
  • Ross, Rev. Mr. (Lord Byron's tutor at Aberdeen), i. 18.
  • Rossini, his 'Otello,' iv. 92.
  • Roscoe, Mr, ii. 210
  • Rossoe, Mr., story of, ii. 173.
  • Roufigny, Abbé de, i. 92 n.
  • Rousseau, Jean Jacques, Lord Byron's resemblance to, i. 217.
    • Comparison between Lord Byron and, 218.
    • His marriage, vi. 391.
    • His 'Héloïse,' 167. 178.
    • His 'Confessions,' 168. 178.
    • Force and accuracy of his descriptions, iii. 247.
  • Rowcroft, Mr, v. 336.
  • Royston, Lord Byron's school-fellow at Harrow, i. 91.
  • Rubens, his style, iv. 9.
  • Rushton, Robert (the 'little page' in Childe Harold), i. 268. 285.; ii. 110. 115.
    • Lord Byron's letters to, ii. 115, 116.
  • 'Ruminator,' the, by Sir Egerton Brydges, ii. 271.
  • Rusponi, Countess, v. 193.
  • Russell, Lord John, i. 75 n.; ii. 283.
  • Rycaut, his 'History of the Turks' first drew Lord Byron's attention to the East, ii. 7, 8.
    • See, also, i. 141.

S.

  • St. Lambert, his imitation of Thomson, v. 96.
  • Sanders, Mr., his portraits of Lord Byron, ii. 175 n. 180. 187.
  • 'Sappho,' of Grillparzer, v. 72.
  • 'SARDANAPALUS,' outline of the Tragedy sketched, v. 74.
    • Four acts completed, 187.
    • The play finished, 203.
    • A disparagement of it, 269
  • Sarrazin, General, iii. 195.
  • Satan, Lord Byron's opinion of his real appearance to the Creator, vi. 089.
  • 'Satirist,' ii. 176. 179.
  • Scaligers, tomb of the, iii. 309.
  • Scamander, i. 317.
  • Schiller, his 'Thirty years War,' i. 141.
    • His 'Robbers,' iii. 6.
    • His 'Fiesco,' 6.
    • His 'Ghost-seer,' 372.
  • Schlegel, Frederick, his writings, v. 90, 91.
    • Anecdotes of, 214.
  • 'School for Scandal,' ii. 303.; iv. 297.
  • School of Homer, Lord Byron's visit to, vi. 073.
  • Scotland, the impressions on Lord Byron's mind by the mountain scenery of, i. 24. 35.
    • Lord Byron 'Half a Scot by birth and bred a whole one,' i. 34.
    • 'A canny Scot till ten years' old,' v. 301.
  • Scott, Sir Walter, his dog 'Maida,' i. 223. 345.
    • His 'Rokeby,' ii. 169. 259.
    • The 'monarch of Parnassus,' 275.
    • His 'Lives of the Novelists,' 315 n.
    • His 'Waverley,' iii. 98.
    • His first acquaintance with Byron, 160.
    • His 'Antiquary,' 296.
    • His review of 'Childe Harold' in the Quarterly, 351, 351 n. 357. 365.; v. 299.
    • His 'Tales of my Landlord,' iv. 25. 31. 38.; v. 57.
    • 'The Ariosto of the North,' iv. 51. 65.
    • The first British poet titled for his talent, iv. 305.
    • His 'Ivanhoe,' 325.
    • His 'Monastery,' 352.
    • His 'Abbot,' 354.; v. 2.
    • His imitators, 24.
    • The 'Scotch Fielding,' 57.
    • His countenance, 72.
    • His novels 'a new literature in themselves,' iv. 286. 289.; v. 72.
    • His 'Kenilworth,' 147.
    • His 'Life of Swift,' vi. 257.
    • Lord Byron's letters to, ii. 155.; v. 298. 330.
    • See, also, ii. 226. 259.; iv. 139.
  • Scott, Mr., of Aberdeen, i. 35.
  • ——, Mr. Alexander, v. 133.
  • ——, Mr. John, ii. 207.; iii. 81.; v. 143.; vi. 394.
  • 'Scotticisms,' v. 77.
  • Scriptures, Lord Byron's knowledge of the, vi. 086. 088.
    • See, also, Bible.
  • 'Scourge,' proceedings against the, for a libel on Mrs. Byron, ii. 32.
  • Sculpture, the most artificial of the arts, iv. 12.
    • Its superiority to painting, 57.
    • More poetical than nature, vi. 362.
  • Sécheron, iii. 269.
  • Self-educated poets, i. 145.
  • Sensibility, iii. 128.
  • Separation, miseries of, ii. 279
  • Seraglio at Constantinople, description of, i. 330.
  • Sestos, i. 316. 321. 323.; v. 130.
  • Settle, Elkanah, his 'Emperor of Morocco,' v. 213.
  • 'Seven before Thebes,' iv. 68.
  • Seville, i. 278. 281. 283.
  • Seward, Anne, her 'Life of Darwin,' v. 103.
  • 'Sexagenarian,' Beloe's, iv. 84.
  • 'Shah Nameh,' the Persian Iliad, i. 146.
  • Shakspeare, his infelicitous marriage, iii. 136 n.
    • 'The worst of models,' v. 202.
    • 'Will have his decline,' vi. 368.
  • Sharp, William (the engraver, and disciple of Joanna Southcote), iii. 109.
  • Sharpe, Richard, esq. (the 'Conversationist'), ii. 274.; iii. 13. 295.; v. 66.
  • Sheil, Richard, esq., iv. 36.
  • Sheldrake, Mr., i. 44.
  • Shelley, Percy Bysshe, esq., his 'Queen Mab,' iii. 269.
    • His portrait of Lord Byron, iv. 111.
    • Particulars concerning, 147.
    • His visit to Lord Byron at Ravenna, v. 217.
    • His praise of Don Juan, v. 220.
    • Lord Byron's letters to, 144. 296.
    • His letters to Lord Byron, v. 144. 298.; vi. 004.
    • See also, iii. 252. 269. 276. 283, 283 n.; iv. 110.; v. 142 n. 217. 313. 315. 320. 350. 353. 365.; vi. 008.
  • ——, Mrs., iii. 279.
    • Her 'Frankenstein,' 282.
    • Lord Byron's letters to, vi. 008.
  • Shepherd, Rev. John, his letter enclosing his wife's prayer on Lord Byron's behalf, v. 286.
    • Lord Byron's answer, 289.
  • Sheridan, Right Hon. Richard Brinsley, anecdotes of, ii. 128. 198. 201.
    • And Colman compared, 204.
    • His eloquence, 209.
    • His conversation, 210. 257.
    • 'Whatever he did, was the best of its kind,' 303.
    • Defence of, iv. 125.
    • His phoenix story, vi. 376.
    • 'MONODY on the Death of,' iii. 252, 253. 296.
  • 'Shipwreck,' Falconer's, vi. 357. 365.
  • Shoel, Mr., vi. 404.
  • Shreikhorn, iii. 253.
  • Shrewsbury, Earl of, his letter to Sir John Byron's grandson, i. 4.
  • Siddons, Mrs., her performance of the character of Isabella, i. 8.
    • Lord Byron's praise of, iii. 77.
    • Effect of her acting at Edinburgh, 160 n.
    • An allusion to, iv. 94.
  • 'SIEGE OF CORINTH,' iii. 193. 221, 222. 227, 228. 335.
  • Sigeum, Cape, vi. 357.
  • Simplon, the, iii. 299.
  • Sinclair, George, esq., 'the prodigy' of Harrow School, i. 62. 91.
  • Sirmium, iii. 304.
  • 'Sir Proteus,' a satirical ballad, iii. 91.
  • 'SKETCH,' a, its first publication in the newspapers, iii. 229.
  • Skull-cup, i. 183. 266, 266 n.
  • Slave trade, v. 53.
  • Slavery, v. 53.
  • Sligo, Marquis of, i. 338. 340. 346, 347.; ii. 189. 239.
    • His letter on the origin of the 'Giaour,' 189.
  • Smart, Christopher, ii. 217.
  • Smith, Sir Henry, i. 188.
  • ——, Horace, esq., his 'Horace in London,' ii. 184.
  • ——, Mrs. Spencer. See 'Florence.'
  • ——, Miss (afterwards Mrs. Oscar Byrne), dancer, iii. 186. 189.
  • Smyrna, Lord Byron's stay at, i. 313.
  • Smythe, Professor, i. 230. 286.
  • Socrates, v. 86. 303.; vi. 369.
  • Sonnets, 'the most puling, petrifying, stupidly platonic compositions,' ii. 307.
  • Sorelli, his translation of Grillparzer's 'Sappho,' v.72.;
    • Sotheby, William, esq., his tragedies, iii. 59.;
    • his 'Ivan' accepted for Drury Lane Theatre, 175. 184.;
    • similarity of a passage in 'Ivan' to one in the 'Corsair,' 177. 180.;
    • a 'row' about 'Ivan,' 229.;
    • the Æschylus of the age, iv. 36.;
    • his 'Orestes,' 55.
    • See also, ii. 268.; iii. 236; iv. 5. 190.; v. 23.;
    • Lord Byron's letters to, iii. 175, 176. 233.
  • Southcote, Joanna, iii. 109, 110 n., 111.
  • Southey, Robert, esq., LL.D., his person and manners, ii. 243. 267.
    • His prose and poetry, 268.
    • His 'Roderick,' iii. 143 n.;
    • his 'Curse of Kehama,' ii. 67. 94.;
    • Lord Byron's intention to dedicate 'Don Juan' to him, iv. 134. 147.;
    • his 'Joan of Arc' would have been better in rhyme, v. 20.
    • See also ii. 237.; v. 300. 303. 311.
  • Southwell, Notts, Lord Byron's residence at, i. 92. 97. 160.
  • Southwood, on the Divine Government, vi. 090.
  • SPEECHES IN PARLIAMENT, Lord Byron's, ii. 128. 147. 207. 256.; vi. 314. 321. 335.
  • Spence's Anecdotes (Singer's edition), v. 117.
  • Spencer, Dowager Lady, i. 203.
  • ——, William, esq., iii. 233. 236.
  • ——, Countess, ii. 151.
  • Spenser, Edmund, his measure, ii. 165.
  • Stäel, Madame de, her essay against suicide, ii. 218. 220.
    • Her 'De l'Allemagne,' 262. 291.
    • Her personal appearance, iii. 235.
    • Her death, iv. 52.
    • Notes written by Lord Byron in her 'Corinne,' iv. 193, 194.
    • See also, ii. 216. 230. 234. 246. 257. 284. 290. 291. 297. 299. 319.; iii. 4. 30. 232. 250. 255. 284, 285 n. 372. 375.; v. 110-112.
  • Stafford, Marquis of (now Duke of Sutherland), ii. 299.
  • Stafford, Marchioness of (now Duchess of Sutherland), ii. 230. 299.; iii. 39.
  • Stanhope, Hon. Col. Leicester, (now Earl of Harrington), vi. 040 n.;
    • his arrival in Greece to assist in effecting its liberation, 093. 108. 145. 152. 191. 215.
    • His 'Greece in 1823-1824,' vi. 156.
    • Lord Byron's letters to, vi. 117. 181.
  • ——, Lady Hester, Lord Byron taken to task by, i. 348.
  • Steele, Sir Richard, iii. 212.
  • Stella, Swift's, vi. 390.
  • Sterne, his affected sensibility, ii. 287.; iii. 127.
  • Stephenson, Sir John, iii. 173. 182.
  • Stockhorn. iii. 261.
  • Storm, aspect of one in the Archipelago, vi. 357.
  • 'STRAHAN, Tonson, Lintot of the times,' iv. 96.
  • Strangford, Lord, his 'Camoens,' i. 119.
  • Strong, Mr., Lord Byron's school-fellow at Harrow, i. 91.
  • Stuart, Sir Charles (now Lord Stuart de Rothsay), v. 348.
  • Suleyman, of Thebes, ii. 183.
  • 'Sunshiny day,' vi. 259.
  • Supernatural appearances, v. 31.
  • Suppers, iii. 338.;
    • lobster nights, iii. 83.
  • 'Sweet Florence, could another ever share,' i. 287.
  • Swift, Dr. Jonathan, i. 265.
    • Similarity between the character of Lord Byron and, 265.
    • Gave away his copyrights, ii. 138.
    • His Stella and Vanessa, vi. 390.
  • Swoon, the sensation described, iii. 254.
  • Sylla, ii. 273.; iii. 22. 63.
  • Symplegades, vi. 358.
  • Switzerland and the Swiss, v. 243.

T.

  • Taaffe, Mr., v. 283. 294. 296. 325.
    • His 'Commentary on Dante,' v. 283.
  • Tahiri, Dervise, ii. 183.
  • 'Tales of my Landlord,' iv. 25. 31. 38.
  • Tasso, an expert swordsman and dancer, i. 64 n.;
    • an example of filial tenderness, ii. 33 n.;
    • his imprisonment, iv. 6.;
    • his popularity in his lifetime, v. 15.;
    • remade the whole of his 'Jerusalem,' 33.;
    • his sensitiveness to public favour, vi. 002,
    • 'LAMENT of,' iv. 11. 14.
  • Tattersall, Rev. John Cecil (Lord Byron's school acquaintance), i. 65.
  • 77. 201.; ii. 76.
  • Tavernier, the eastern traveller, his château at Aubonne, iii. 268.
  • Tavistock, Marquis of, i. 165.
  • Taylor. John, esq., Lord Byron's letter to in respect of an allusion to
  • Lady Byron in the 'Sun' newspaper, iii. 178.
  • Teeth, iv. 91.; v. 32.
  • Temple, Sir William, his opinion of poetry, vi. 413,
  • Tepaleen, i. 291, 291 n.
  • Terni, Falls of, iv. 31.
  • Terry, Daniel, comedian, iii. 164.
  • Theatricals, private, at Southwell, i. 116.
  • Thirst, v. 96, 97.
  • 'This day of all our days has done,' v. 28.
  • Thomas of Ercildoune, i. 148.
  • Thompson, Mr., ii. 169, 295.
  • Thomson, James, the poet, his 'Seasons' would have been better in rhyme, v. 20.
  • Thorwaldsen, the sculptor, his bust of Lord Byron, iv. 33. 286.; v. 200. 323.
  • 'THOUGH the day of my destiny's o'er,' iii. 237. 296.
  • Thoun, iii. 261.
    • 'THROUGH life's dull road, so dim and dirty,' v. 82.
  • Thurlow (Thomas Hovell Thurlow) second Lord, ii. 197. 199. 276.; iii. 105. 112.
  • Thyrza, ii. 75.
  • Tiberius, v. 89.
  • Tiraboschi, v. 96.
  • ''Tis done and shivering in the gale.'
    • Lord Byron's stanzas to Mrs. Musters on leaving England, i. 259.
  • Titian, his portrait of Ariosto, iv. 8.
    • His pictures at Florence, iv. 12.
  • Toderinus, his 'Storia della Letteratura Turchesca,' ii. 238. 241.
  • Town life, iii. 53.
  • Townshend, Rev. George, his 'Armageddon,' ii. 58.
  • Travelling, Lord Byron's opinion of the advantages of, i. 351.
  • Travis, the Venetian Jew, iv. 74.
  • Trelawney, Edward, esq., v. 358.; vi. 191. 217.
  • Troad, the, i. 315. 317.
  • Troy, i. 317.; v. 70.
    • Authenticity of the tale of, v. 70.
  • Tuite, Lady, her stanzas to Memory, i. 85.
  • Tally's 'Tripoli,' v. 226.
  • Turkey, women of, ii. 283
  • Turner, W., esq., his 'Tour in the Levant,' v. 129.; vi. 280.
  • Twiss, Horace, esq., iii. 232. 314.
  • Tyranny, v. 53.

U.

  • Ulissipont, ii. 69.
  • Unities, the, v. 203.
  • Usurers; ii. 185, 185 n.

V.

  • Vacca, Dr., iii. 343.
  • Valentia, Lord (now Earl of Mountnorris), iii. 233.
  • Valière, Madame la, vi. 390.
  • 'VAMPIRE, The, a Fragment,' vi. 339.
    • Superstition, iii. 282.; iv. 147.
  • Vanbrugh, his comedies, iii. 12.
  • Vanessa, Swift's, vi. 390.
  • 'Vanity of Human Wishes,' Johnson's, v. 66.
  • Vascillie, ii. 183.
  • 'Vathek,' iv. 92.
  • 'VAULT REFLECTIONS,' iii. 55.
  • Velasquez, iv. 9.
  • Veli Pacha, i. 290.
  • Venetian dialect, iii. 312. 323. 326.
  • Venice, the gondolas, iii. 311. 314.
    • St. Mark's, iii. 322. 353.; iv. 90.
    • Theatres, iii. 322. 329.
    • Women, 324. 333. 339.; iv. 90. 93. 112. 239.
    • Carnival, iii. 320. 328. 332. 339.
    • Morals and manners in, iii. 333. 336,; iv. 172. 247.
    • Nobility of, iii. 333.
    • Riaito, iii. 372.
    • Manfrini palace, iv. 8.
    • Bridge of Sighs, iv. 40.
  • 'VENICE, Ode on,' iv. 125.
  • Venus de Medici, more for admiration than love, iv. 12.
  • Verona, how much Catullus, Claudian, and Shakspeare have done for it, iii. 304.
    • Amphitheatre of, 308.
    • Juliet's tomb at, 308.
    • Tombs of the Scaligers, 309.
  • Versatility, vi. 248.
  • Vestris, Italian comedian, v. 59.
  • Vevay, iii. 247. 256.
  • Vicar of Wakefield, v. 93.
  • Voltaire, gave away his copyrights, ii. 138.
    • D'Argenson's advice to, iii. 65 n.
  • Voluptuary, ii 302.
  • Vondel, the Dutch Shakspeare, ii. 78.
  • Vostizza, i. 304.; iii. 18.
  • Vulgarity of style, vi. 415.

W.

  • Waite, Mr. (Lord Byron's dentist), iii. 5.; v. 32.
  • Wales, Princess of (afterwards Queen Caroline), iii. 19.
  • Wallace, the Scottish chief, i. 98.
  • Wallace-nook, i. 35.
  • Walpole, Sir Robert, his conversation at table, vi. 392.
  • 'WALTZ, THE; an Apostrophic Hymn,' ii. 178, 179.
    • The authorship of it denied by Lord Byron, 187.
  • Ward, Hon. John William (afterwards Earl of Dudley), his review
  • of Horne Tooke's Life in the Quarterly, ii. 180.
    • His style of speaking, 209.
    • Lord Byron's pun on, 284.
    • His review of Fox's Correspondence, 311.
    • Epigrams on, 330.
  • Warren, Sir John, i. 31.
  • Washington, George, ii. 273.; iii. 67.; vi. 039.
  • Waterloo, Lord Byron's verses on the battle of, iii. 245.
  • Wathen, Mr., i. 97.
  • Watier's club, iii. 233.; vi. 020.
  • 'Waverley,' character of, iii. 98.
  • Way, William, esq., ii. 140.
  • Webster, Sir Godfrey, iii. 83.
  • Webster, Wedderburn, esq., iii. 52.; iv. 31. 317.
  • 'WEEP, daughter of a royal line,' iii. 1, 2.
  • Wellesley, Sir Arthur. See Wellington.
  • ——, Richard, esq., ii. 292.
  • Wellington, Duke of, 'the Scipio of our Hannibal,' iii. 174.
  • Wengen Alps, iii. 263, 264.
  • Wentworth, Lord, iii. 121. 157. 167.
    • 'WERNER; or, THE INHERITANCE; a Tragedy,' v. 264. 310. 312.; vi. 103.
    • 'Werther,' Goethe's effects of, iv. 357.
    • Mad. de Stäel's character of, 357.
  • West, Mr. (American artist), his conversations with Lord Byron, 343.
  • Westall, Richard, esq.. R.A., ii. 186.
  • Westminster Abbey, vi. 366.
  • Westmoreland, Lady, i. 284.
  • Wetterhorn, iii. 264.
  • 'What matter the pangs,' v. 260.
  • 'When man expelled from Eden's bowers,' i. 258.
  • 'When Time, who steals our years away,' i. 132.
  • Whigs, v. 125.
  • 'Whistlecraft,' iv. 66. 69.
  • Whitbread, Samuel, esq., ii. 198 n. 208.; iii. 170. 173.
    • 'The Demosthenes of bad taste,' ii. 208.
  • Whitby, Captain, v. 112.
  • White, Henry Kirke, esq., ii. 58.
  • ——, Lydia, ii. 268. 285.; iv. 103.
  • 'White Lady of Avenel,' v. 31.
  • 'White Lady of Colalto,' v. 31.
  • 'Who killed John Keats?' v. 212.
  • 'Why, how now, saucy Tom?' v. 136.
  • Wieland, i. 226 n.
    • His history of 'Agathon,' iv. 236.
    • Resemblance between Byron and, 237 n.
  • Wilberforce, William, esq., his style of speaking, ii. 209.
    • Personified by Sheridan, iii. 188.
  • Wildman, Thomas, esq., i. 69. 87.
  • ——, Colonel, present proprietor of Newstead, i. 266 n.
  • Wilkes, John, esq., vi. 390.
  • Will, Lord Byron's, in 1811; ii. 43.
    • His last, vi. 284.
  • Williams, Captain, v. 350. 353.
  • Williams, Mrs., the fortune-teller, her prediction concerning Byron, i. 56.
  • Wilmot, Mrs., her tragedy, iii. 167.
  • Wilson, Professor, iv. 269.
  • Windham, Right Hon. William, ii. 208. 274.
  • 'WINDSOR POETICS,' iii. 55.
  • Wingfield, Hon. John, i. 65. 203.
    • His death, ii. 38. 58. 63.
  • Women, society of, iii. 7.
    • Cannot write tragedy, 168.
    • State of, under the ancient Greeks, v. 59.
  • Woodhouselee, Lord, his opinion of Lord Byron's early poems, i. 127.
  • Woolriche, Dr., iii. 138 n.
  • Wordsworth, William, esq., Lord Byron's review of his early poems, i. 169.; vi. 293.
    • The allusion to, in English Bards, i. 245.
    • His 'Excursion,' iii. 106.; v. 18.
    • His powers to do 'anything,' iii. 111.
    • Influence of his poetry on Lord Byron, 274.
    • Never vulgar, vi. 413.
    • See also, iv. 66.
  • Wrangham, Rev. Francis, iii. 90.
  • Wright, Walter Rodwell, esq., his 'Horæ Ionicæ,' ii. 62
  • Writers, tragic, generally mirthful persons, v. 285.

Y.

  • Yanina, i. 290.
  • York, Duke of, i. 173.
  • Young, Dr. E., iii. 127, 127 n.
  • Yussuff, Pacha, vi. 147.
  • Yverdun, iii. 267.

Z.

  • Zitza, i. 290. 296 n.
  • Zograffo, Demetrius, ii. 44, 44 n.

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