[415] Galt in his Life of Byron says: “Whether Mr. Hunt was or was not a fit co-partner for one of his Lordship’s rank and celebrity, I do not undertake to judge; but every individual was good enough for that vile prostitution of his genius, to which in an unguarded hour, he submitted for money.” (P. 244.)
[416] The Literary Gazette of October 19, 1822, was one of the notable opponents.
[417] Life of Byron, p. 239.
[418] Lord Byron and Some of His Contemporaries, p. 52.
[419] Ibid., p. 53.
[420] Byron, Letters and Journals, VI, p. 183.
[421] Ibid., VI, p. 124.
[422] Ibid., VI, p. 174, p. 182. (Letters to Mrs. Shelley.)
[423] Ibid., VI, p. 124.
[424] Ibid., V, p. 157, December 25, 1822.