Byron's "Corbeau Blanc": The Life and Letters of Lady MelbourneTexas A&M University Press, 1998 - 488 ページ "What famous letters your own are . . . I never saw such traits of discernment, observation of character, knowledge of your own sex, and sly concealment of your knowledge of the foibles of ours," wrote the twenty-four-year-old Lord Byron to Lady Melbourne. More than one hundred previously unpublished letters of Lady Melbourne are included in this scholarly edition which vividly re-creates the late Georgian age. Lady Melbourne's controversial letters to Lord Byron are published in their entirety for the first time, revealing her significant influence on his masterpiece, Don Juan. Long before the famous correspondence between Byron and Lady Melbourne began, she had impressed her own contemporaries as a woman of no small signficance. Married off to the son of a wealthy lawyer, she used her superior education, attention to detail, and business acumen to manage her amiable but dissolute husband's affairs. A leading female agriculturist, she was the Duchess of Devonshire's closest confidante, as well as the mistress of the Prince of Wales (1780–84). At her residence in Piccadilly, she entertained a brilliant company that included Charles James Fox, George Canning, and Charles Grey. A half dozen of the nation's most famous painters executed her portrait in oil, while Sheridan recorded her witty repartee in The School for Scandal. Scholars of the Romantic period will welcome reading these carefully annotated letters written by one of the age's most ambitious and captivating personalities. |
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... France . It was adorned with musical trophies and emblems of the arts and love to celebrate his beautiful wife's gifts ( Gage 1329 ) ( figure 13 ) . Too shrewd to lose her composure with such a gener- ous and easily managed husband ...
... France . It was adorned with musical trophies and emblems of the arts and love to celebrate his beautiful wife's gifts ( Gage 1329 ) ( figure 13 ) . Too shrewd to lose her composure with such a gener- ous and easily managed husband ...
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... France and take Mrs. Damer with them . On a Thursday evening , " Mr. Damer supped at the Bedford Arms in Covent Garden with four common women , a blind fiddler and no other man , " Horace Walpole later wrote to a friend . " At three in ...
... France and take Mrs. Damer with them . On a Thursday evening , " Mr. Damer supped at the Bedford Arms in Covent Garden with four common women , a blind fiddler and no other man , " Horace Walpole later wrote to a friend . " At three in ...
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... France . Just as her closest friend's distinguished career as an artist had begun , Lady Melbourne found that her own five - year flirtation with the Prince of Wales had brought her into disrepute . The same reporters who once praised ...
... France . Just as her closest friend's distinguished career as an artist had begun , Lady Melbourne found that her own five - year flirtation with the Prince of Wales had brought her into disrepute . The same reporters who once praised ...
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... France for almost two years , accompanied by her mother , Lady Spencer , and her sister , Lady Bessborough . Doctors Warren and Fraser preserved what was left of appearances by announcing that Lady Bessborough's mild stroke , which had ...
... France for almost two years , accompanied by her mother , Lady Spencer , and her sister , Lady Bessborough . Doctors Warren and Fraser preserved what was left of appearances by announcing that Lady Bessborough's mild stroke , which had ...
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... France , Switzerland , and Italy — made possible by the Peace of Amiens in 1802 — Cowper received numerous letters from Lady Melbourne that were filled with the political news of the day . An erstwhile corre- spondent himself , Cowper ...
... France , Switzerland , and Italy — made possible by the Peace of Amiens in 1802 — Cowper received numerous letters from Lady Melbourne that were filled with the political news of the day . An erstwhile corre- spondent himself , Cowper ...
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Byrons Zia 1814 | 157 |
Illustrations | 205 |
Lady Melbournes Letters to Henry Fox and Transcriptions of Political Events | 372 |
Letter of Lord Melbourne to Sophia Baddeley | 381 |
Unpublished Letter of the Prince Regent to Lady Melbourne | 383 |
Three Letters of Lord Grey to Lady Melbourne Regarding the Appointment of Frederick Land to a Diplomatic Position in the Two Sicilies | 385 |
Genealogical Tables The Milbanks and Melbourne Families | 389 |
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19 ページ - Wraxall, the diplomat, paid tribute to her "commanding figure, exceeding the middle height, full of grace and dignity, an animated countenance, intelligent features, captivating manners, and conversation; all these and many other attractions, enhanced by coquetry, met in Lady Melbourne
46 ページ - Westmorland, she turned on her heel and wrote in her diary that he was 'mad, bad, and dangerous to know.' The acquaintance was renewed at Lady Holland's, and for nine months he almost lived at Melbourne House, where he contrived to 'sweep away' the dancing, in which he could take no part.
21 ページ - Mr. Damer supped at the Bedford Arms in Covent Garden, with four common women, a blind fiddler, and no other man. At three in the morning he dismissed his seraglio, bidding each receive her guinea at the bar, and ordering Orpheus to come up again in half-an-hour.