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Languages : en
Pages : 652
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Galignani's Messenger
Author: A Narrative of Lord Byron's Last Journey to Greece
Author: conte Pietro GambaPublisher:
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Category : Greece
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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Count Pietro Gamba (1801-27) was the brother of Teresa Guiccioli, Lord Byron's mistress, and a member of the Italian revolutionaries known as the Carbonari. He accompanied Byron on his mission to Greece in 1823, and was described by the poet as 'one of the most amiable, brave, and excellent young men' he had ever encountered, 'with a thirst for knowledge, and a disinterestedness rarely to be met with'. This account of the mission, and of Byron's death and the subsequent controversies over its cause and the disposal of the body, was published in 1825, and dedicated to Byron's close friend, John Cam Hobhouse. It was based on Gamba's diary, 'containing a minute account of all the events of the day ... My only object is to give a simple narrative of what Lord Byron did in Greece'. Gamba died of typhoid in 1827, still working for Greek independence.
Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World
Author: Jonathan SwiftPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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The author of these Travels, Mr. Lemuel Gulliver, is my ancient and intimate friend; there is likewise some relation between us on the mother's side. About three years ago, Mr. Gulliver growing weary of the concourse of curious people coming to him at his house in Redriff, made a small purchase of land, with a convenient house, near Newark, in Nottinghamshire, his native country; where he now lives retired, yet in good esteem among his neighbours. Although Mr. Gulliver was born in Nottinghamshire, where his father dwelt, yet I have heard him say his family came from Oxfordshire; to confirm which, I have observed in the churchyard at Banbury in that county, several tombs and monuments of the Gullivers. Before he quitted Redriff, he left the custody of the following papers in my hands, with the liberty to dispose of them as I should think fit. I have carefully perused them three times. The style is very plain and simple; and the only fault I find is, that the author, after the manner of travellers, is a little too circumstantial. There is an air of truth apparent through the whole; and indeed the author was so distinguished for his veracity, that it became a sort of proverb among his neighbours at Redriff, when any one affirmed a thing, to say, it was as true as if Mr. Gulliver had spoken it.
A narrative of Lord Byron's last journey to Greece. Extracted from the journal of Count P. G., who attended his Lordship en that expedition
Author: Pietro GAMBA (Count.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 354
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Memoirs of John Dryden
Author: ScottMemoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan. By Thomas Moore. Vol. 1[-2]
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Author: Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Author: Thomas MoorePublisher:
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Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 476
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Information and Directions for Travellers on the Continent
Author: Mariana StarkePublisher:
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Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 560
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The Valley of the Mississippi Illustrated
Author: Henry LewisPublisher: St. Paul : Minnesota Historical Society
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Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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Memoirs of Gustave Koerner, 1809-1896
Author: Gustav Philipp KörnerPublisher:
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Category : Diplomats
Languages : en
Pages : 788
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