Byron
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George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788–1824), English Romantic poet (Wikipedia, «Lord Byron»; Mon Journal t.4 index «Byron (George, Gordon, Noël, baron), poète : 173»; t.7 «Byron : 26»; t.9 «Byron (lord) : 111»).
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Byron is one of the English poets she reads and quotes as a measure.
- 9 October 1874. Among her purchases in Nice: «les œuvres de Byron et de Shakespeare» (024.0274).
- 5 January 1876. Writing in her diary she says: «Qu'ai-je à dire après Byron ?» (051.0409), a one-line paragraph.
- 19 May 1883. In a list of great men's physical defects: «Byron était boiteux, Gambetta borgne et Jean-Jacques à moitié sourd» (099.0486).
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