Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 / With His Letters and Journals

by Thomas Moore

• Rae, John, comedian, iii. 177.
• Rainsford, Lord Byron's schoolfellow at Harrow, i. 61.
• Rancliffe, Lord, iii. 78. 82.
• Raphael, his hair, iv. 25.
• Rashleigh, Lord Byron's schoolfellow at Harrow, i. 91.
• Ravenna, iv. 165. 270.
• Raymond, James Grant, comedian, ii. 162.
• Reading, the love of, i. 139.; iii. 22.
• Regnard, his hypochondriacism, v. 81.
• Reinagle, R.R., his chained eagle, iii. 245.
• 'Rejected Addresses,' 'the best of the kind since the Rolliad,' ii. 179, 180.; vi. [371].
• ——, the Genuine, ii. 181 n.
• Republics, ii. 272.
• Reviewers, ii. 240.
• Reviews, i. 60.
• Reynolds, Sir Joshua, 'not good in history,' v. 65.
• Reynolds, J.H., his 'Safie,' iii. 6. 40.
• 'Ricciardetto,' Lord Glenbervie's translation of, iv. 321.; v. 328.
• Rice, Lord Byron's schoolfellow at Harrow, i. 64.
• Richardson, 'the vainest and luckiest of authors,' v. 55.
• Riddel, Lady, her masquerade at Bath, at which Lord Byron appeared, i. 78.
• Ridge, printer, i. 106-108. 111. 166.; iii. 38, 39.
• Riga, the Greek patriot, vi. [151] n.
• Roberts, Mr. (editor of the British Review), iv. 186.
• Robins, George, auctioneer, ii. 201. in. 170.
• Robinson Crusoe, the first part said to be written by Lord Oxford, ii. 214.
• Rocca, M. de, iii. 251.
• Rochdale estate, in Lancashire, the sale of, i. 32.
• Rochefoucault, 'always right,' ii. 288.
  • Sayings of, v. 95.
• Rogers, Samuel, esq., his 'Pleasures of Memory,' ii. 240. 267.
  • His 'Jacqueline,' iii. 92.
  • 'The Tithonus of poetry,' iv. 6.
  • 'The father of present poesy,' 80.
  • His Tribute to the memory of Lord Byron, v. 274.
  • Lord Byron's letters to, ii. 121. 185.; ii. 44. 90. 92. 199. 217. 223. 250. 373.; iv. 89.; v. 267.
  • See also, i. 231.; ii. 85. 89, 90. 95. 98. 113. 121. 160. 175. 188. 196. 240. 267. 276. 291, 292.; iii. 13. 234. 360. 369.; iv. 5. 64.
• ——, Mr., of Nottingham (Lord Byron's Latin tutor), i. 41.
• Rokeby, Lord Byron's schoolfellow at Harrow, i. 91.
• Roman Catholic religion, v. 142.
• Romanelli, physician, i. 343.
• Rome, 'the wonderful,' iv. 14. 31.
  • Finer than Greece, 26. 58.
• Romeo and Juliet, the story of, iii. 308. 322. 375.
• Rose, William Stewart, esq., his 'Animali,' iv. 95.
  • His 'Lines to Lord Byron,' 98.
• Rose glaciers, iii. 253. 265.
• 'Rose-water,' vi. [399].
• Ross, Rev. Mr. (Lord Byron's tutor at Aberdeen), i. 18.
• Rossini, his 'Otello,' iv. 92.
• Roscoe, Mr, ii. 210
• Rossoe, Mr., story of, ii. 173.
• Roufigny, Abbé de, i. 92 n.
• Rousseau, Jean Jacques, Lord Byron's resemblance to, i. 217.
  • Comparison between Lord Byron and, 218.
  • His marriage, vi. [391].
  • His 'Héloïse,' 167. 178.
  • His 'Confessions,' 168. 178.
  • Force and accuracy of his descriptions, iii. 247.
• Rowcroft, Mr, v. 336.
• Royston, Lord Byron's school-fellow at Harrow, i. 91.
• Rubens, his style, iv. 9.
• Rushton, Robert (the 'little page' in Childe Harold), i. 268. 285.; ii. 110. 115.
  • Lord Byron's letters to, ii. 115, 116.
• 'Ruminator,' the, by Sir Egerton Brydges, ii. 271.
• Rusponi, Countess, v. 193.
• Russell, Lord John, i. 75 n.; ii. 283.
• Rycaut, his 'History of the Turks' first drew Lord Byron's attention to the East, ii. 7, 8.
  • See, also, i. 141.

S.

• St. Lambert, his imitation of Thomson, v. 96.
• Sanders, Mr., his portraits of Lord Byron, ii. 175 n. 180. 187.
• 'Sappho,' of Grillparzer, v. 72.
• 'SARDANAPALUS,' outline of the Tragedy sketched, v. 74.
  • Four acts completed, 187.
  • The play finished, 203.
  • A disparagement of it, 269
• Sarrazin, General, iii. 195.
• Satan, Lord Byron's opinion of his real appearance to the Creator, vi. [089].
• 'Satirist,' ii. 176. 179.
• Scaligers, tomb of the, iii. 309.
• Scamander, i. 317.
• Schiller, his 'Thirty years War,' i. 141.
  • His 'Robbers,' iii. 6.
  • His 'Fiesco,' 6.
  • His 'Ghost-seer,' 372.
• Schlegel, Frederick, his writings, v. 90, 91.
  • Anecdotes of, 214.
• 'School for Scandal,' ii. 303.; iv. 297.
• School of Homer, Lord Byron's visit to, vi. [ 073].
• Scotland, the impressions on Lord Byron's mind by the mountain scenery of, i. 24. 35.
  • Lord Byron 'Half a Scot by birth and bred a whole one,' i. 34.
  • 'A canny Scot till ten years' old,' v. 301.
• Scott, Sir Walter, his dog 'Maida,' i. 223. 345.
  • His 'Rokeby,' ii. 169. 259.
  • The 'monarch of Parnassus,' 275.
  • His 'Lives of the Novelists,' 315 n.
  • His 'Waverley,' iii. 98.
  • His first acquaintance with Byron, 160.
  • His 'Antiquary,' 296.
  • His review of 'Childe Harold' in the Quarterly, 351, 351 n. 357. 365.; v. 299.
  • His 'Tales of my Landlord,' iv. 25. 31. 38.; v. 57.
  • 'The Ariosto of the North,' iv. 51. 65.
  • The first British poet titled for his talent, iv. 305.
  • His 'Ivanhoe,' 325.
  • His 'Monastery,' 352.
  • His 'Abbot,' 354.; v. 2.
  • His imitators, 24.
  • The 'Scotch Fielding,' 57.
  • His countenance, 72.
  • His novels 'a new literature in themselves,' iv. 286. 289.; v. 72.
  • His 'Kenilworth,' 147.
  • His 'Life of Swift,' vi. [257].
  • Lord Byron's letters to, ii. 155.; v. 298. 330.
  • See, also, ii. 226. 259.; iv. 139.
• Scott, Mr., of Aberdeen, i. 35.
• ——, Mr. Alexander, v. 133.
• ——, Mr. John, ii. 207.; iii. 81.; v. 143.; vi. [394].
• 'Scotticisms,' v. 77.
• Scriptures, Lord Byron's knowledge of the, vi. [086]. [088].
  • See, also, Bible.
• 'Scourge,' proceedings against the, for a libel on Mrs. Byron, ii. 32.
• Sculpture, the most artificial of the arts, iv. 12.
  • Its superiority to painting, 57.
  • More poetical than nature, vi. [362].
• Sécheron, iii. 269.
• Self-educated poets, i. 145.
• Sensibility, iii. 128.
• Separation, miseries of, ii. 279
• Seraglio at Constantinople, description of, i. 330.
• Sestos, i. 316. 321. 323.; v. 130.
• Settle, Elkanah, his 'Emperor of Morocco,' v. 213.
• 'Seven before Thebes,' iv. 68.
• Seville, i. 278. 281. 283.
• Seward, Anne, her 'Life of Darwin,' v. 103.
• 'Sexagenarian,' Beloe's, iv. 84.
• 'Shah Nameh,' the Persian Iliad, i. 146.
• Shakspeare, his infelicitous marriage, iii. 136 n.
  • 'The worst of models,' v. 202.
  • 'Will have his decline,' vi. [368].
• Sharp, William (the engraver, and disciple of Joanna Southcote), iii. 109.
• Sharpe, Richard, esq. (the 'Conversationist'), ii. 274.; iii. 13. 295.; v. 66.
• Sheil, Richard, esq., iv. 36.
• Sheldrake, Mr., i. 44.
• Shelley, Percy Bysshe, esq., his 'Queen Mab,' iii. 269.
  • His portrait of Lord Byron, iv. 111.
  • Particulars concerning, 147.
  • His visit to Lord Byron at Ravenna, v. 217.
  • His praise of Don Juan, v. 220.
  • Lord Byron's letters to, 144. 296.
  • His letters to Lord Byron, v. 144. 298.; vi. [004].
  • See also, iii. 252. 269. 276. 283, 283 n.; iv. 110.; v. 142 n. 217. 313. 315. 320. 350. 353. 365.; vi. [008].
• ——, Mrs., iii. 279.
  • Her 'Frankenstein,' 282.
  • Lord Byron's letters to, vi. [008].
• Shepherd, Rev. John, his letter enclosing his wife's prayer on Lord Byron's behalf, v. 286.
  • Lord Byron's answer, 289.
• Sheridan, Right Hon. Richard Brinsley, anecdotes of, ii. 128. 198. 201.
  • And Colman compared, 204.
  • His eloquence, 209.
  • His conversation, 210. 257.
  • 'Whatever he did, was the best of its kind,' 303.
  • Defence of, iv. 125.
  • His phoenix story, vi. [376].
  • 'MONODY on the Death of,' iii. 252, 253. 296.
• 'Shipwreck,' Falconer's, vi. [357]. [365].
• Shoel, Mr., vi. [404].
• Shreikhorn, iii. 253.
• Shrewsbury, Earl of, his letter to Sir John Byron's grandson, i. 4.
• Siddons, Mrs., her performance of the character of Isabella, i. 8.
  • Lord Byron's praise of, iii. 77.
  • Effect of her acting at Edinburgh, 160 n.
  • An allusion to, iv. 94.
• 'SIEGE OF CORINTH,' iii. 193. 221, 222. 227, 228. 335.
• Sigeum, Cape, vi. [357].
• Simplon, the, iii. 299.
• Sinclair, George, esq., 'the prodigy' of Harrow School, i. 62. 91.
• Sirmium, iii. 304.
• 'Sir Proteus,' a satirical ballad, iii. 91.
• 'SKETCH,' a, its first publication in the newspapers, iii. 229.
• Skull-cup, i. 183. 266, 266 n.
• Slave trade, v. 53.
• Slavery, v. 53.
• Sligo, Marquis of, i. 338. 340. 346, 347.; ii. 189. 239.
  • His letter on the origin of the 'Giaour,' 189.
• Smart, Christopher, ii. 217.
• Smith, Sir Henry, i. 188.
• ——, Horace, esq., his 'Horace in London,' ii. 184.
• ——, Mrs. Spencer. See 'Florence.'
• ——, Miss (afterwards Mrs. Oscar Byrne), dancer, iii. 186. 189.
• Smyrna, Lord Byron's stay at, i. 313.
• Smythe, Professor, i. 230. 286.
• Socrates, v. 86. 303.; vi. [369].
• Sonnets, 'the most puling, petrifying, stupidly platonic compositions,' ii. 307.
• Sorelli, his translation of Grillparzer's 'Sappho,' v.72.;
  • Sotheby, William, esq., his tragedies, iii. 59.;
  • his 'Ivan' accepted for Drury Lane Theatre, 175. 184.;
  • similarity of a passage in 'Ivan' to one in the 'Corsair,' 177. 180.;
  • a 'row' about 'Ivan,' 229.;
  • the Æschylus of the age, iv. 36.;
  • his 'Orestes,' 55.
  • See also, ii. 268.; iii. 236; iv. 5. 190.; v. 23.;
  • Lord Byron's letters to, iii. 175, 176. 233.
• Southcote, Joanna, iii. 109, 110 n., 111.
• Southey, Robert, esq., LL.D., his person and manners, ii. 243. 267.
  • His prose and poetry, 268.
  • His 'Roderick,' iii. 143 n.;
  • his 'Curse of Kehama,' ii. 67. 94.;
  • Lord Byron's intention to dedicate 'Don Juan' to him, iv. 134. 147.;
  • his 'Joan of Arc' would have been better in rhyme, v. 20.
  • See also ii. 237.; v. 300. 303. 311.
• Southwell, Notts, Lord Byron's residence at, i. 92. 97. 160.
• Southwood, on the Divine Government, vi. [090].
• SPEECHES IN PARLIAMENT, Lord Byron's, ii. 128. 147. 207. 256.; vi. [314]. [321]. [335].
• Spence's Anecdotes (Singer's edition), v. 117.
• Spencer, Dowager Lady, i. 203.
• ——, William, esq., iii. 233. 236.
• ——, Countess, ii. 151.
• Spenser, Edmund, his measure, ii. 165.
• Stäel, Madame de, her essay against suicide, ii. 218. 220.
  • Her 'De l'Allemagne,' 262. 291.
  • Her personal appearance, iii. 235.
  • Her death, iv. 52.
  • Notes written by Lord Byron in her 'Corinne,' iv. 193, 194.
  • See also, ii. 216. 230. 234. 246. 257. 284. 290. 291. 297. 299. 319.; iii. 4. 30. 232. 250. 255. 284, 285 n. 372. 375.; v. 110-112.
• Stafford, Marquis of (now Duke of Sutherland), ii. 299.
• Stafford, Marchioness of (now Duchess of Sutherland), ii. 230. 299.; iii. 39.
• Stanhope, Hon. Col. Leicester, (now Earl of Harrington), vi. [040] n.;
  • his arrival in Greece to assist in effecting its liberation, [093]. [108]. [145]. [ 152]. [191]. [215].
  • His 'Greece in 1823-1824,' vi. [156].
  • Lord Byron's letters to, vi. [117]. [181].
• ——, Lady Hester, Lord Byron taken to task by, i. 348.
• Steele, Sir Richard, iii. 212.
• Stella, Swift's, vi. [390].
• Sterne, his affected sensibility, ii. 287.; iii. 127.
• Stephenson, Sir John, iii. 173. 182.
• Stockhorn. iii. 261.
• Storm, aspect of one in the Archipelago, vi. [357].
• 'STRAHAN, Tonson, Lintot of the times,' iv. 96.
• Strangford, Lord, his 'Camoens,' i. 119.
• Strong, Mr., Lord Byron's school-fellow at Harrow, i. 91.
• Stuart, Sir Charles (now Lord Stuart de Rothsay), v. 348.
• Suleyman, of Thebes, ii. 183.
• 'Sunshiny day,' vi. [259].
• Supernatural appearances, v. 31.
• Suppers, iii. 338.;
  • lobster nights, iii. 83.
• 'Sweet Florence, could another ever share,' i. 287.
• Swift, Dr. Jonathan, i. 265.
  • Similarity between the character of Lord Byron and, 265.
  • Gave away his copyrights, ii. 138.
  • His Stella and Vanessa, vi. [390].
• Swoon, the sensation described, iii. 254.
• Sylla, ii. 273.; iii. 22. 63.
• Symplegades, vi. [358].
• Switzerland and the Swiss, v. 243.

T.

• Taaffe, Mr., v. 283. 294. 296. 325.
  • His 'Commentary on Dante,' v. 283.
• Tahiri, Dervise, ii. 183.
• 'Tales of my Landlord,' iv. 25. 31. 38.
• Tasso, an expert swordsman and dancer, i. 64 n.;
  • an example of filial tenderness, ii. 33 n.;
  • his imprisonment, iv. 6.;
  • his popularity in his lifetime, v. 15.;
  • remade the whole of his 'Jerusalem,' 33.;
  • his sensitiveness to public favour, vi. [ 002],
  • 'LAMENT of,' iv. 11. 14.
• Tattersall, Rev. John Cecil (Lord Byron's school acquaintance), i. 65.
• 77. 201.; ii. 76.
• Tavernier, the eastern traveller, his château at Aubonne, iii. 268.
• Tavistock, Marquis of, i. 165.
• Taylor. John, esq., Lord Byron's letter to in respect of an allusion to
• Lady Byron in the 'Sun' newspaper, iii. 178.
• Teeth, iv. 91.; v. 32.
• Temple, Sir William, his opinion of poetry, vi. [413],
• Tepaleen, i. 291, 291 n.
• Terni, Falls of, iv. 31.
• Terry, Daniel, comedian, iii. 164.
• Theatricals, private, at Southwell, i. 116.
• Thirst, v. 96, 97.
• 'This day of all our days has done,' v. 28.
• Thomas of Ercildoune, i. 148.
• Thompson, Mr., ii. 169, 295.
• Thomson, James, the poet, his 'Seasons' would have been better in rhyme, v. 20.
• Thorwaldsen, the sculptor, his bust of Lord Byron, iv. 33. 286.; v. 200. 323.
• 'THOUGH the day of my destiny's o'er,' iii. 237. 296.
• Thoun, iii. 261.
  • 'THROUGH life's dull road, so dim and dirty,' v. 82.
• Thurlow (Thomas Hovell Thurlow) second Lord, ii. 197. 199. 276.; iii. 105. 112.
• Thyrza, ii. 75.
• Tiberius, v. 89.
• Tiraboschi, v. 96.
• ''Tis done and shivering in the gale.'
  • Lord Byron's stanzas to Mrs. Musters on leaving England, i. 259.
• Titian, his portrait of Ariosto, iv. 8.
  • His pictures at Florence, iv. 12.
• Toderinus, his 'Storia della Letteratura Turchesca,' ii. 238. 241.
• Town life, iii. 53.
• Townshend, Rev. George, his 'Armageddon,' ii. 58.
• Travelling, Lord Byron's opinion of the advantages of, i. 351.
• Travis, the Venetian Jew, iv. 74.
• Trelawney, Edward, esq., v. 358.; vi. [191]. [217].
• Troad, the, i. 315. 317.
• Troy, i. 317.; v. 70.
  • Authenticity of the tale of, v. 70.
• Tuite, Lady, her stanzas to Memory, i. 85.
• Tally's 'Tripoli,' v. 226.
• Turkey, women of, ii. 283
• Turner, W., esq., his 'Tour in the Levant,' v. 129.; vi. [280].
• Twiss, Horace, esq., iii. 232. 314.
• Tyranny, v. 53.

U.

• Ulissipont, ii. 69.
• Unities, the, v. 203.
• Usurers; ii. 185, 185 n.

V.

• Vacca, Dr., iii. 343.
• Valentia, Lord (now Earl of Mountnorris), iii. 233.
• Valière, Madame la, vi. [390].
• 'VAMPIRE, The, a Fragment,' vi. [339].
  • Superstition, iii. 282.; iv. 147.
• Vanbrugh, his comedies, iii. 12.
• Vanessa, Swift's, vi. [390].
• 'Vanity of Human Wishes,' Johnson's, v. 66.
• Vascillie, ii. 183.
• 'Vathek,' iv. 92.
• 'VAULT REFLECTIONS,' iii. 55.
• Velasquez, iv. 9.
• Veli Pacha, i. 290.
• Venetian dialect, iii. 312. 323. 326.
• Venice, the gondolas, iii. 311. 314.
  • St. Mark's, iii. 322. 353.; iv. 90.
  • Theatres, iii. 322. 329.
  • Women, 324. 333. 339.; iv. 90. 93. 112. 239.
  • Carnival, iii. 320. 328. 332. 339.
  • Morals and manners in, iii. 333. 336,; iv. 172. 247.
  • Nobility of, iii. 333.
  • Riaito, iii. 372.
  • Manfrini palace, iv. 8.
  • Bridge of Sighs, iv. 40.
• 'VENICE, Ode on,' iv. 125.
• Venus de Medici, more for admiration than love, iv. 12.
• Verona, how much Catullus, Claudian, and Shakspeare have done for it, iii. 304.
  • Amphitheatre of, 308.
  • Juliet's tomb at, 308.
  • Tombs of the Scaligers, 309.
• Versatility, vi. [248].
• Vestris, Italian comedian, v. 59.
• Vevay, iii. 247. 256.
• Vicar of Wakefield, v. 93.
• Voltaire, gave away his copyrights, ii. 138.
  • D'Argenson's advice to, iii. 65 n.
• Voluptuary, ii 302.
• Vondel, the Dutch Shakspeare, ii. 78.
• Vostizza, i. 304.; iii. 18.
• Vulgarity of style, vi. [415].

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