Author: Thomas Moore

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Published: 2015-07-12

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 9781331259503

Excerpt from The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 15: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life This Volume contains three Cantos of Don Juan, - the first and second written at Venice, in 1818; and the third written at Ravenna, in October, 1819. A Dedication, and several other stanzas hitherto suppressed, are now given in the proper places; and from two separate MSS. of the Poet many curious various readings have been supplied. Two prose pieces, on the subject of Don Juan, one of which had not before been published, are also included in this Volume. In the notes to the shipwreck in Canto II. we have endeavoured to trace minutely the authorities which the Poet had before him when composing that extraordinary description. Since the sheets went to press, Lord Byron's own copy of Erasmus's Dialogues has been politely forwarded for our use in reference to that Canto. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.