 | conte Pietro Gamba - Greece - 1825 - 338 pages
...reference, that Byron was right: his memory, indeed, was surprisingly accurate. He said " The Turkish history was one of the first ' ' books that gave me...a child ; " and I believe it had much influence on iny " subsequent wishes to visit the Levant, and " gave, perhaps, the oriental colouring which " is... | |
 | conte Pietro Gamba - British - 1825 - 336 pages
...reference, that Byron was right : his memory, indeed, was surprisingly accurate. He said " The Turkish history was one of the " first books that gave me...pleasure when " a child ; and I believe it had much in" fluence on my subsequent wishes to visit " the Levant, and gave, perhaps, the ori" ental colouring... | |
 | Asia - 1830 - 616 pages
...before he died, in a conversation with Maurocordato, at Missolonghi, Lord Byron said ' the Turkish history was one of the first books that gave me pleasure...oriental colouring which is observed in my poetry." — Count Gamba't Narrative. An enumeration is subjoined, from a memorandum of Lord Byron's, of the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - English letters - 1830 - 488 pages
...before lie died, in a conversation with Maurocordato at Missolonghi, Lord Byron said — " The Turkish History was one of the first books that gave me pleasure...the Levant, and gave perhaps the oriental colouring wliich is observed in my poetry." — COUNT GASIBA'S Narrative. In the last edition of Mr. D'Israeli's... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Poets, English - 1830 - 482 pages
...before ho died, in a conversation with Maurocordato at Missolonghi, Lord Byron said — " The Turkish History was one of the first books that gave me pleasure...subsequent wishes to visit the Levant, and gave perhaps tbe oriental colouring which is observed in my poetry." — CODNT (JAMBA'! Narrative. In the last edition... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 576 pages
...before he died, in n conversation wilh Maurocordalo at Missolonghi, Lord Byron said — " The Turkish History was one of the first books that gave me pleasure when a child ; and J believe it had much influence on my subsequent wishes to visit the Levant, und gave perhaps the oriental... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1832 - 504 pages
...In-fore he died, in a conversation with Maurocordato at Missolonghi, Lord Byron said — • The Turkish History was one of the first books that gave me pleasure...oriental colouring which is observed in my poetry.» — COUNT GAMBA'S Narrative. In the last edition of Mr D'Israeli's work on « the Literary Character,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - Poets, English - 1832 - 394 pages
...himself with Turkish history. " Old Knolles,'* he said at Missolonghi, a few weeks before his death, " was one of the first books that gave me pleasure when...child ; and I believe it had much influence on my future wishes to visit the Levant, and gave, perhaps, the oriental colouring which is observed in my... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - Poets, English - 1832 - 384 pages
...himself with Turkish history. " Old Knolles," he said at Missolonghi, a few weeks before his death, " was one of the first books that gave me pleasure when a child ; and I believe it had much in. fluence on my future wishes to visit the Levant, and gave, perhaps, the oriental colouring which... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 368 pages
...before he died, in a conversation with Maurocordato at Missolonghi, Lord Byron said — "The Turkish History was one of the first books that gave me pleasure...oriental colouring which is observed in my poetry."— COUNT GAMBA'J Narrative. In the last edition of Mr. D'Israeli's work on " the Literary Character,"... | |
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Knolles," he said at Missolonghi, a few weeks before his death, '" was one of the first books that gave me pleasure when a child ; and I believe it had much influence on my future wishes to visit the Levant, and gave, perhaps, the oriental colouring which... 
