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 pro-
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, 8.
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 'first
dash into poetry,' 17. Is sent to Har-
row, 17. 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.

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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,' 43.
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.

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 Citharon, 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, 111. 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.

719

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.

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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-
lution of separating from him, 292.
Samples of the abuse lavished on him,
297. March, writes Fare thee well,'
and A Sketch,' 302. April, leaves
England, 305. His route Brussels,
Waterloo, &c., 307. Takes up his
abode at the Campagne Diodati, 308.
Finishes, June 27., the third canto of
'Childe Harold,' 308. Writes, June
28., Prisoner of Chillon,' 321. Writes,
in July, Monody on the Death of She-
ridan,' the 'Dream,' 'Darkness,' 'Epistle
to Augusta,'Churchill's Grave,'' Pro-
metheus,' Could I remount,' 'Sonnet to
Lake Leman,' and part of Manfred,'
321. August, unsuccessful negotia-
tion for a domestic reconciliation, 321.
Sept., makes a tour of the Bernese Alps,
311. His intercourse with Mr. Shelley,
315. Oct., proceeds to Italy - route,
Martigny, the Simplon, Milan, Verona,
324-328. Nov., takes up his residence
at Venice, 328. Mariana Segati, 329.
Studies the Armenian language, 329.
Feb., finishes Manfred,' 340.

1817.

The Fornarina, Margarita Cogni,
383. July, writes Ode on Venice,'
387. Nov., finishes Mazeppa,' 391.
And first canto of Don Juan,' 391.
1819. Jan., finishes second canto of 'Don
Juan,' 392. April, beginning of his
acquaintance with Countess Guiccioli,
393.

396.

June, writes Stanzas to the Po,'
Aug., writes Letter to the
Editor of my Grandmother's Review,'
406. Dec., completes the third and
fourth cantos of Don Juan,' 429.
Removes to Ravenna, 431.
1820. Jan., domesticated with Countess
Guiccioli, 432. Feb., translates first
canto of the Morgante Maggiore,' 434.
March, finishes Prophecy of Dante,'
Translates Francesa of Rimini,'
And writes Observations upon
an Article in Blackwood's Magazine,'
443. April July, writes Marino
Faliero,' 451. Oct. Nov., writes fifth
canto of Don Juan,' 465.

438.
439.

1821.

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Feb., writes Letter on the Rev.
W. L. Bowles's Strictures on the Life
of Pope,' 487. March, Second Letter,'
&c. 501. May, finishes Sardanapalus,'
512. July, The Two Foscari,' 155.
Sept., 'Cain,' 528. Oct., writes 'Heaven
and Earth, a Mystery,' 541.;
Vision of Judgment,' 535. Removes
to Pisa, 537-541.

and

586. Receives a communication from
the London committee, 588. May,
offers to proceed to Greece, and to devote
his resources to the object in view, 588.
Preparations for his departure, 589.
July 14., sails for Greece, 591. Reaches
Argostoli, 594. Excursion to Ithaca,
595. Waits, at Cephalonia, the arrival
of the Greek fleet, 598. His conversa-
tions on religion with Dr. Kennedy at
Mataxata, 599. His letters to Madame
Guiccioli, 601. His address to the
Greek Government, 602. And remon-
strance to Prince Mavrocordati, 602.
Testimonies to the benevolence and
soundness of his views, 607. Instances
of his humanity and generosity while at
Cephalonia, 607.

1824, Jan. 5., arrives at Missolonghi, 611.

Writes 'Lines on completing my Thirty-
sixth Year,' 615. Intended attack upon
Lepanto, 618. Is made commander-in-
chief of the expedition, 619. Rupture
with the Suliotes, 621. The expedition
suspended, 621. His last Illness, 622.
His Death, 637. His Funeral, 641.
Inscription on his Monument, 642.
His Will, 665. His person, 45. 72.
650. His sensitiveness on the sub.
ject of his lameness, 5. 19. 45. 74.
84. 180. 219. 240. 306. 576. His
abstemiousness, 113. 202. 214. 319. 463.
His habitual melancholy, 87. 163. 295.
473. 531. 536. 653. His tendency to
make the worst of his own obliquities,
62. 159. 438. 473. 476. His generosity
and kind-heartedness, 45. 84. 92. 150.
203. 224. 235. 286. 420. 482. 484. 521.
538. 595. 607. 614. His politics, 217.
224. 238. 280. His religious opinions,
152. 280. His tendency to superstition,
45. Portraits of him, 174, 175. 178. 207.
221. 258. 260. 262. 272, 273. 352. 358.
877. 516. 555. 559. 562. 565. 571.
581.

Byron, Lady, 134. 273. 283, 284, 285. 288.
293, 294, 296. 425. 431. 435. 580, 581.
608. Her Remarks on Mr. Moore's Life
of Lord Byron, 661. Lord Byron's letters
to, 534. 581.
Byron, Honourable Augusta Ada, 290. 293.
324. 334, 335. 372. 399. 457. 545. 568.
570. 580, 581. 608.

Byron, George, seventh Lord, 209, 210.

355.