| 1830 - 990 pages
...which placed him above the rest of mankind." " Ah! my dear friend," said Byron, mournfully, " if this (laying his hand on his forehead) places me above...(pointing to his foot) places me far— far below them." " Nay, sometimes," continues Mr Moore, "it seemed as if his sensitiveness on this point led him to... | |
| 1830 - 462 pages
...which placed him above the rest of mankind.'—' Ah, my dear friend,' said Byron mournfully, * if this' (laying his hand on his forehead) ' places me above...(pointing to his foot) ' places me far, far below them.' ' EPITAPH ON JOHN ADAMS, OF SOUTHWELL, A CARRIER, WHO DIED OT DRUNKENNESS. " John Adams lies here,... | |
| 1830 - 1006 pages
...dialogue takes rest of mankind.' ' " Ah ! my dear place, — friend," said Byron, mournfully, " if this (laying his hand on his forehead) places me above...(pointing to his foot) places me far — far below them." " Nay, sometimes," continues Mr Moore,"it seemed as if his sensitiveness on this point led him to fancy... | |
| 1830 - 470 pages
...which placed him above the rest of mankind, "Ah, my dear friend, said Byron mournfully — if this (laying his hand on his forehead) places me above...(pointing to his foot) places me far, far below them." The book before us is full of similar anecdotes on this melancholy subject but we have given quite... | |
| John Galt - 1830 - 404 pages
...which placed him above the rest of mankind.' ' Ah, my dear friend,' said Byron mournfully, 'if this (laying his hand on his forehead) places me above...(pointing to his foot) places me far, far below them.' "—Moore. XXVII. " His coming of age, in 1809, was celebrated at Newstead by such festivities as his... | |
| 1830 - 540 pages
...rest of rrfankind.' 'Ah! my dear friend,' said Byron mournfully—'if ////*• (laying bis hand upon his forehead) places me above the rest of mankind,...(pointing to his foot) places me far, far below them.'" There was no affectation in this: there is not more exaggeration than is generally found in expressions... | |
| 1830 - 1016 pages
...placed him above the rest of mankind.' ' " Ah ! my dear friend," said Byron, mournfully, " if this (laying his hand on his forehead) places me above...of mankind, that (pointing to his foot) places me faiy-far below them." " Nay, sometimes," continues Mr Moore, "it seemed as if his sensitiveness on... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1830 - 528 pages
...placed him above the rest of mankind." " Ah, my dear friend," said Byron, mournfully, — " if thii mber, and arrived in eight days at Prevesa. I thence have been about 150 miles, as far fhces me far, far below them.' It sometimes, indeed, seemed as if his sensitiveness on thus point led... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1830 - 532 pages
...placed him above the rest of mankind." " Ah, my dear friend," said Byron, mournfully, — " if thi» (laying his hand on his forehead) places me above the rest of mankind, thitt (pointing to his foot) places me far, far below them.' It sometimes, indeed, seemed as if his... | |
| 1830 - 436 pages
...dear friend,' said Byron, mournfully — ' if this (laying his hand on his forehead) places me ahove the rest of mankind, that (pointing to his foot) places me far, far helow them.'" We have dwelt, perhaps, too much on this point ; hut it had so momentous an influence... | |
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