(7) Byroniana No. 4 (The Courier, February 17, 1814)
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| Don Pedro. | What offence have these men done? |
| Dogberry. | Many, Sir; they have committed false reports; moreover they have spoken untruths; secondarily, they are slanders; sixthly and lastly, they have belied a Lady; thirdly, they have verified unjust things, and, to conclude, they are lying knaves." |
Much Ado about Nothing.
We have already seen how scurvily Lord Byron has treated
three
of the four persons to whom he has successively dedicated his Poems; but for the fourth he reserved a species of contumely, which we are confident our readers will think more degrading than all the rest.
He has uniformly praised him! and him alone!!!
—The exalted rank, the gentle manners, the polished taste of his guardian and relation, Lord Carlisle; the considerations due to Lord Holland, from his family, his personal character, and his love of letters; the amiability of Mr. Moore's society, the sweetness of his versification, and the vivacity of his imagination;—all these could not save their possessors from the
brutality