LORD  BYRON  and  his  TIMES
Byron
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Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal
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Preface
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Chapter I.
Chapter II.
Chapter III.
Chapter IV.
Chapter V.
Chapter VI.
Chapter VII.
Chapter VIII.
Chapter IX.
Chapter X.
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Chapter I.
Chapter II.
Chapter III.
Chapter IV.
Chapter V.
Chapter VI.
Chapter VII.
Chapter VIII.
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Chapter III.
Chapter IV.
Chapter V.
Chapter VI.
Chapter VII.
Chapter VIII.
Chapter IX.
Chapter X.
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Warwick Vicarage, Oct. 5.
“My dear Sir,

“Your letter ‘refreshed’ me in this region of dullness and stupidity, more than perhaps you will suppose. Your dialogue between Brandenburgh House and Carlton House (in the Times), has excited attention here, though party feeling may qualify the term with some. You write in such good spirits, that I conclude you have leisure. If so, I should be inexpressibly happy
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if you would come and stay a few weeks at St. Nicholas Vicarage. I sometimes wish I had never known the pleasure of your society here, (in Warwickshire.) I feel so much regret at the loss of it. I am happy to hear of your determination to come down to the Maypole, (Dr. Parr’s), but you must take up your quarters with me. The doctor is in good health and spirits. I intend going over to dine in a few days, when I shall be happy to be the bearer of your respects to him. The dandy still flutters about the hospital, but his fortune is not so great as was at first represented. K. however, has built a new room upon the strength of the unexpected alliance.

“Mr. Greathead’s house at Guy’s Cliff, when you come down, will be worthy your notice. I am not sufficiently versed in architecture to characterize the ornaments and decorations he is adding.

“I think of going to the continent next May. Permit me to thank you for the compliment with respect to my undertaking some literary occupation for the attainment of honest fame. It is my sincere wish to do so, but how to begin, and what to exercise my feeble efforts upon is as much as ever a puzzle. Perhaps in more leisure moments you may assist me to a subject. I sometimes think of collecting, as many materials of the political state and general feeling of the modern French and their king as I can, also of the state of the Italians and Spaniards, and then institute comparisons between them and ourselves, so as to mark the gradations of their advancement and decline, politically, and individually.

“But, my dear Sir, you must be tired of reading my crude suggestions to myself. However, believe me to be
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most happy to hear from you. My house-keeping is supported from my father’s purse, so. don’t think of my narrow income, if you will but come down. It will be a source of real happiness to me to have your company.

“Your sincere friend,
“A. S. Wade.”

P.S. Mrs. F. desires to be remembered to you.