• Antony and Cleopatra,' observations on the

play of, 200.
Apollo Belvidere, 356.
Arethusa, fountain of, 595.
Argenson, Marquis d', his advice to Voltaire,

248.
Argostoli, 595.
Argyle Institution, 160.
Ariosto, his portrait by Titian, 352. Mea-

sure of his poetry, 367.
Aristides, 205.
Aristophanes, excellence of Mitchell's trans-

lation of, 455.
Armageddon,' Rev. George Townshend's,

135.
Armenian Convent of St. Lazarus, 329. 333.

Language, 329. 333. 335. Grammar,

333. 335, 336.
Arnaouts' or Albanese, 95, 96.
Art, not inferior to nature, for poetical pur-

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poses, 695.

Arta, gulf of, 99.
Ash, Thomas, author of The Book,' 224.

Lord Byron's generosity towards, 224.
Asiatics, 205.
Athens, 100.
Atticus, Herodes, 209.
Aubonne, 315.
Augusta, stanzas to, 305. Epistle to, 332.
Augustus Cæsar, his times, 448.
• Auld lang syne,' 548.
Authors, 231.
Avarice, 127. 420.
•A year ago you swore,' &c. 462.

Barff, Mr., letters to, 622, 623. 627. 629,

630. 632, 633.
Barlorini, Princess, her monument at Bo-

logna, 398.
Barlow, Joel, character of his Columbiad,

49.
Barnes, Thomas, esq., 129.
Barry, Mr., banker of Genoa, 419, 591.
Bartley, George, comedian, 284.
Bartley, Mrs., actress, 282, 284.
Bartolini, sculptor, his bust of Lord Byron,

555. 571.
* Bath Guide,' Anstey's, 428.
Baths of Penelope, Lord Byron's visit to, 595.
• Baviad and Mæviad,' extinguishment of the

Della Cruscans by the, 357.
Bay of Biscay, 274.
Bayes, his expedient, 536.
Beattie, Dr., his • Minstrel,' 21. 70.
Beaumarchais, his singular good fortune, 146.
Beaumont and Fletcher, 634.
Beaumont, Sir George, 281.
Beauvais, Bishop of, 161.
Beccaria, anecdote of, 325.
Becher, Rev. John, 32. 39, 40. 43. 45. Leta

ters to, 67. 69. 71.
Beckford, William, esq., his · Tales' in con-

tinuation of Vathek,' 376.
• Beggars' Opera,' a St. Giles's lampoon, 213.
Behmen, Jacob, his reveries, 135.
Beloe, Rev. William, character of his · Sesa-

genarian,' 374.
Bembo, Cardinal, amatory correspondenæ

between Lucretia Borgia and, 325, 326.
Benacus, the (now the Lago di Garda), 396.
Bentham, Jeremy, quackery of his followers,

620.
Benzoni, Countess, her conversazioni, 413.

415. 512. Some account of, 415.
Beppo, a Venetian Story,' 304. 368. 371,

372. 379.
Bergami, the Princess of Wales's courier and

chamberlain, 336.
Bernadotte, Jean-Baptiste-Jules, King of

Sweden, 195.
Berni, the father of the Beppo style of writing,

B.
Bacon, Lord, on the celibacy of men of
genius, 270.

row, 17.

among poets, 699.

Often coarse, but never
vulgar, 610.
Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, a most

amusing and instructive medley, 48.
Burun, Ralph de, 1.
Busby, Dr., Dryden's reverential regard for, 19.
Busby, Thomas, Mus. Doct., his monologue

on the opening of Drury Lane Theatre,
174. 176. His translation of Lucretius,

202. 246.
Butler, Dr. (head master of Harrow school),

21. 29. 55. 66. Reconciliation between

Lord Byron and, 89.
Byron, Sir John, the Little with the great

beard, 2.
Byron, Sir John, created (1643) Baron Byron

of Rochdale ; some account of, 2.
Byron, Sir Richard, tribute to his valour and

fidelity, 2.
Byron, Admiral John (grandfather of the

Poet), 3.
Byron, William, fifth Lord (grand-uncle of

the Poet), 3. His trial for killing Mr.
Chaworth in a duel, 3. His death, 10.

His eccentric and unsocial habits, 10.
Byron, John (father of the Poet), his elope-

ment with Lady Carmarthen, 3. His
marriage with Miss Catherine Gordon, 3.

His death at Valenciennes, 6.
Byron, Mrs. (mother of the Poet), descended

from the Gordons of Gight, 2. Vehemence.
of her feelings, 2. Ballad on the occasion
of her marriage, 3. Her fortune, 4. Sepa-
ration from her husband, 4. Her capricious
excesses of fondness and of anger, 4. 13.
Her death, 127. Lord Byron's letters to,
71. 73. 77. 88. 95. 103. 107. 110, 111.
114, 115, 116. 126. See also, 33, 34, 35,

36. 113. 127, 128, 129.
Byron, Honourable Augusta (sister of the

Poet), 3. See Leigh, Honourable Au-

gusta.
BYRON (GEORGE-GORDON-Byron), sixth

Lord
1788. Born Jan. 22., in Holles Street,

London, 4.
1790—1791. Taken by his mother to

Aberdeen, 4. Impetuosity of his temper,
5. Affectionate sweetness and playfulness
of his disposition, 5. The malformation
of his foot a source of pain and uneasiness
to him, 5. His early acquaintance with
the Sacred Writings, 5. Instances of his
quickness and energy, 6. Death of his
father, 6.

1792-1795. Sent to a day-school at Aber-

deen, 6. His own account of the prom
gress of his infantine studies, 6.

His
sports and exercises, 7.
1796–1797. Removed into the High-

lands, 7. His visits to Lachin-y-gair, 7.
First awakening of his poetic talent, &
His early love of mountain scenery, 9.

Attachment for Mary Duff, 9.
1798. Succeeds to the title, 10. Made

a ward of Chancery, under the guardian.
ship of the Earl of Carlisle, and removed
to Newstead, 11. Placed under the care
of an empiric at Nottingham for the

cure of his lameness, 14.
1799. First symptom of a tendency towards

rhyming, 14. Removed to London, and
put under the care of Dr. Baillie, 15.
Becomes the pupil of Dr. Glennie, at

Dulwich, 15.
1800—1804. His boyish love for his

cousin, Margaret Parker, 17. His Girst
dash into poetry,' 17. Is sent to Har-

Notices of his school life, 20.
His first Harrow verses, 20. His school
friendships, 22. His mode of life as a
schoolboy, 25. Accompanies his mother
to Bath, 26. His early attachment to
Miss Chaworth, 26. Heads a rebelling
at Harrow, 29. Passes the vacation at

Southwell, 30.
1805. Removed to Cambridge, 30. His

college friendships, 31.
1806. Aug. - Nov., prepares a collection

of his poems for the press, 37. His
visit to Harrowgate, 37. Southwell
private theatricals, 38. Prints a volume
of his poems; but, at the entreaty of
Mr. Becher, commits the edition to the

flames, 39.
1807. Publishes · Hours of Idleness, ' 4S.

List of historical writers whose works he
had perused at the age of nineteen, 46.
Reviews Wordsworth's Poems, 56. Begins
• Bosworth Field,' an epic, 56. Writes

part of a novel, 58.
1808. His early scepticism, 58. Effect

produced on his mind by the critique on
• Hours of Idleness,' in the Edinburgh
Review, 67. Passes his time between the
dissipations of London and Cambridge,
69. Takes up his residence at Newstead,
71. Forms the design of visiting India,
73. Prepares • English Bards and
Scotch Reviewers' for the press, 74.

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1809. His coming of age celebrated at

Newstead, 75. Takes his seat in the
House of Lords, 78. Loneliness of his
position at this period, 80. Sets out on
his travels, 83. State of mind in which
he took leave of England, 83. Visits
Lisbon, Seville, Cadiz, Gibraltar, Malta,
Prevesa, Zitza, Tepaleen, 91-95. Is
introduced to Ali Pacha, 95. Begins
• Childe Harold' at Ioannina, in Albania,
96. Visits Actium, Nicopolis; nearly
lost in a Turkish ship of war; proceeds
through Acarnania and Ætolia towards
the Morea, 99. Reaches Missolonghi,
99. Visits Patras, Vostizza, Mount
Parnassus, Delphi, Lepanto, Thebes,
Mount Cithæron, 99. Arrives, on Christ-

mas-day, at Athens, 100.
1810. Spends ten weeks in visiting the

monuments of Athens; makes excur-
sions to several parts of Attica, 100.
The Maid of Athens, 101. Leaves
Athens for Smyrna, 102.

Visits ruins
of Ephesus, 102. Concludes, at Smyrna,
the second canto of Childe Harold,'
102. April, leaves Smyrna for Constan-
tinople, 103. Visits the Troad, 103.
Swims from Sestos to Abydos, 103.
May, arrives at Constantinople, 105.
June, expedition through the Bosphorus
to the Black Sea, 106.

July, visits
Corinth, 111. Aug.- Sept., makes a
tour of the Morea, 11l. Returns to

Athens, 113.
1811. Writes Hints from Horace,' and

•Curse of Minerva,' 114. Returns to
England, 115. Effect of travel on the
general character of his mind and dis-
position, 117. His first connection
with Mr. Murray, 126.

Death of his
mother, 127. Of his college friends
Matthews and Wingfield, 129. 134.
And of • Thyrza,' 140. Origin of his
acquaintance with Mr. Moore, 142. Act
of generosity towards Mr. Hodgson,

150.
1812. Feb. 27., makes his first speech in

the House of Lords, 154. Feb. 29.,
publishes the first and second cantos of
• Childe Harold,' 157. Presents the
copyright of the poem to Mr. Dallas,
159. Although far advanced in a fifth
edition of · English Bards, determines
to commit it to the flames, 162. Pre-
sented to the Prince Regent, 164.

Writes the Address for the opening of

Drury Lane Theatre, 166.
1813. April, brings out anonymously

• The Waltz,' 177. May, publishes the
• Giaour,' 178. His acquaintance,
through Mr. Moore, with Mr. Leigh
Hunt, 183. Makes preparations for a
voyage to the East, 187. Projects a
a journey to Abyssinia, 192. Dec.,
publishes the • Bride of Abydos,' 217.
Is an unsuccessful suitor for the hand of

Miss Milbanke, 225.
1814. Jan., publishes the “Corsair,'

235. April, writes • Ode on the Fall of
Napoleon Buonaparte,' 247. Comes to
the resolution not only of writing no
more, but of suppressing all he had ever
written, 250. May, writes · Lara, ' 256.
Makes a second proposal for the hand
of Miss Milbanke, and is accepted, 263.

Dec., writes · Hebrew Melodies,' 273.
1815. Jan. 2., marries Miss Milbanke,

272. April, becomes personally ac-
quainted with Sir Walter Scott, 279.
May, becomes a member of the sub-com-
mittee of Drury Lane Theatre, 282.
Pressure of pecuniary embarrassments,
289. July, writes · Siege of Corinth,'

290. Sept., writes · Parisina,' 290.
1816. Jan., Lady Byron adopts the reso-

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