 | 1917 - 1382 Seiten
...acknowledged deep indebtedness to Knolles. Shortly before his death at Missolonghi, he wrote : ' Old Knolles 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... | |
 | John Aubrey - 1999 - 550 Seiten
...none desires to be informed. Byron said of the book : / believe it had much influence on my future wishes to visit the Levant, and gave perhaps the oriental colouring which is observed in my poetry. Southey and Coleridge also greatly admired the work, which is a fine example of the English of its... | |
 | Joan George - 2002 - 312 Seiten
...a Turkish History as a boy, Byron later believed that, "It had much influence on my subsequent wish to visit the Levant and gave, perhaps, the Oriental colouring which is to be observed in my poetry." When he was twenty-two, Byron, travelling in the Near East, finished... | |
 | Richmond Tyler Barbour - 2003 - 274 Seiten
...the first books that gave me pleasure as a 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 poetry."7 Citing these literary endorsements, the Dictionary of National Biography nevertheless observes... | |
 | 1905 - 860 Seiten
...Historic of the furkes,1 1638, 51. 5i. Byron's words in reference to this book are quoted : " Old Knolles was one of the first books that gave me pleasure when...child : and I believe it had much influence on my future Jlo tiers fa €amipanbt.iti. AC CrrsTANCE (" I 'm the loudest of voices u orchestra heard").... | |
 | 1878 - 568 Seiten
...narration can admit." Lord Byron said at Missolonghi, a few weeks before his death : — " Old Knolles 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 IB observed in my... | |
 | 452 Seiten
...first books that gave me pleasure when I was a 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 poetry. Some books issued at the time, like Robert Johnson's translation, The Traveller's Breviat, or an historicall... | |
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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... 
