Byron

Examples

• Sixteen shillings sterling, we are told by Mr Byron, was the price of a good horse in the capital of Chili. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Lord Byron paid me frequent visits; but I really cannot recollect whether it was just at this period or later in that year or the next. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• But never mind what we laughed at, or how absurd our conversation, so that poor dear Lord Byron got rid of his sombre melancholy. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I thank you very sincerely, said Lord Byron, pressing my hand with much friendly warmth. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Thus equipped, I ventured in much fear and trembling to wait upon the great Mr. Murray, as Lord Byron always satirically called him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Did you intend your genius of Greece for Lord Byron, Crispin? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Thank you for being candid, and God bless you, dear Lord Byron, said I, this time raising up my mask, that I might press his hand to my lips. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• This was very dry; but, I had not aspired to Lord Byron's love and I did not despair of making his acquaintance. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Well, you know, he may turn out a Byron, a Chatterton, a Churchill--that sort of thing--there's no telling, said Mr. Brooke. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Fred Lamb's choice was happy, Milton, Shakespeare, Byron, _The Rambler_, Virgil, &c. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• A thousand thanks, my dear Lord Byron. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• But as Lord Byron says, There is no spirit nowadays, so I merely flew into a passion! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I am the only free white man of mature age, who has accomplished this since Byron originated the expression. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• In this church, also, is a monument to the doge Foscari, whose name a once resident of Venice, Lord Byron, has made permanently famous. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The poet was evidently inspired by Byron, remarked Crispin, idly fingering the piano keys; I expect he wrote it after the 'Isles of Greece,' song. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.

Inputed by Addie