The Life of Lord Byron

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he first saw the mountains of Greece; next day he landed at Patras, and walked for some time among the currant grounds between the town and th

nts, from the magnitude of their realms and states. Ithaca, which he doubtless regarded with wonder and disappointment, as he passed its cliffy shor

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appearance of the town was little calculated to bespeak cheerfulness. But the novelty in the costume and appearance of the inhabitants and their

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around, too po

ide, and through several large unfurnished rooms. In the last of this series, the Governor received them with the wonted solemn civility of the Turks, and entertained them with pipes and coffee. Neither his appearance, nor the style of the entertainment, were distingui

rom visible splendour, every object around was enriched with stories and

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that lurk within t

rcise of his office. He is the tongue and purse-bearer of his master; he procures him lodging, food, horses, and all conveniences; must support his dignity with the Turks-a difficult task in those days for a Greek-and his manifold trusts demand that he should be not only active and ingenious, but prompt and resolu

elve Albanian soldiers and an officer were quartered, who behaved towards them with civility. On their entrance, the officer gave them pipes and coffe

ession of them was retained in the mind of the poet, and how intimately they entered into the substance of his reminis

ore than any man perhaps we saw afterwards; and as the sight was then quite new to us, we could not help staring at the magisterial and superlatively dignified air of a man with great holes in his elbows, and looking

; he did not, however, give the soap, but put it on the floor with an air so remarkable, as to induce Mr Hobhouse to inquire the m

lter. The evening was again spent with the soldiers, who did their utmo

eir luggage, and two for two soldiers whom they were induced to take with them as guards. Byron takes no notice of his vis

her; still it was impossible to pass through a country so picturesque in its features, and rendered romantic by the traditions of robb

s and groves of cypresses; the lake, spreading its broad mirror at the foot of the town, and the mountains rising abrupt around, all combined to present a landscape new and beautiful. Indeed, w

the boughs of a tree a man's arm, with part of the side torn from the body. How long is it since Temple Bar, in the very heart of London, w

e luxury of resting, however, in a capital, was not to be resisted, and they accordingly suspended their journey until they had satisfied their curiosity with an inspection of every o

Vizier's officers with all the courtesy due to the rank of Lord Byron, and every facility was afforded them to prosecute their journey. The weather, however-the se

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