Life of Lord Byron, Vol. II - With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore
page 223 of 333 (66%)
page 223 of 333 (66%)
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your host, ensures the safety of the guest; even though an enemy,
his person from that moment becomes sacred. "There is another additional note sent yesterday--on the Priest in the Confessional. "P.S.--I leave this to your discretion; if any body thinks the old line a good one or the cheese a bad one, don't accept either. But, in that case, the word _share_ is repeated soon after in the line-- "To share the master's bread and salt; and must be altered to-- "To break the master's bread and salt. This is not so well, though--confound it!" [Footnote 75: This is written on a separate slip of paper enclosed.] * * * * * LETTER 132. TO MR. MURRAY. "Oct. 12. 1813. "You must look The Giaour again over carefully; there are a few lapses, particularly in the last page.--'I _know_ 'twas false; she could not die;' it was, and ought to be--'I _knew_.' Pray observe this and similar mistakes. |
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