 I want a hero: an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new one, Till, after cloying the gazettes with cant, The age discovers he is not the true one: Of such as these I should not care to vaunt, I'll therefore take our ancient friend...  Don Juan, with notes. Complete ed - Page 9by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1857Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1878 - 636 pages
...for thy son In mine !— The race of Siegendorf is past! DON JUAN. CANTO THE FIEST. I WANT a hero : an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new one, Till, after cloymg the gazettes with cant, The age discovers he is not the true one ; Of such as these I should... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1880 - 630 pages
...CANTO THE FIEST. I WANT a hero : an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new.one. Till, after cloying the gazettes with cant, The age...him in the pantomime, Sent to the devil somewhat ere hit. time. ir. Vernon, the Butcher Cumherland, Wolfe, Hawke, Prince Ferdinand, Granhy, Burgoyne, Keppel,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1881 - 338 pages
...they were not owing to the Tories. WANTED— A HERO. (DON JUAN, Canto i. Stanzas 1-5.) I WANT a hero : an uncommon want, When every year and month sends...time, Vernon, the butcher Cumberland, Wolfe, Hawke, Prince Ferdinand, Granby, Burgoyne, Keppel, Howe, Evil and good, have had their tithe of talk, And... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 342 pages
...they were not owing to the Tories. WANTED— A HERO. (DON JUAN, Canto i. Stanzas 1-5.) I WANT a hero : an uncommon want, When every year and month sends...time, Vernon, the butcher Cumberland, Wolfe, Hawke, Prince Ferdinand, Granby, Burgoyne, Keppel, Howe, Evil and good, have had their tithe of talk, And... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1881 - 326 pages
...they were not owing to the Tories. WANTED— A HERO. (DON JUAN, Canto i. Stanzas 1-5.) I WANT a hero : an uncommon want, When every year and month sends...time, Vernon, the butcher Cumberland, Wolfe, Hawke, Prince Ferdinand, Granby, Burgoyne, Keppel, Howe, Evil and good, have had their tithe of talk, And... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 800 pages
...quite Hercu1s it not so, my Tory, Ultra-Julian ? • VENICE, Stfttmttr 16, 1818. I. I WANT a hero : hine own in days of yore. When man was worthy of thy...might have led Thy sons to deeds sublime, Now crawl 111 therefore take our ancient friend Don Juan — We all have seen him, In the pantomime. Sent to... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 680 pages
...after cloying the gazettes with cant, The age discovers he is not the true one ; Of such as these 1 — Speak to them. Cat. Ay, speak ; We arc all listening...Btr. [adtiressing the conspirators^ You are safe. n. Vcrnon, the Butcher Cumberland, \Volfe. Hawke. Prince Ferdinand, Granby, Burgoyne, Kcppel, Howe,... | |
 | 260 pages
...enjoying the epic poet of the period? Does fancy hear an echo of the Byronic muse ? ' ' I want a hero : an uncommon want, When every year and month sends...with cant, The age discovers he is not the true one." Perhaps, however, though there be no scarcity of material, the essential qualities of that material... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - Quotations - 1882 - 926 pages
...One passion stands for all, the most indulged. a. BAILEY— f'esius. Proem. Line 114. I want a hero: an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new one. b. BÏKON— Don Juan. Canto I. St. 1. Hero-worship exists, has existed, and will forever exist, universally... | |
 | John Hill (novelist.) - 1882 - 270 pages
...long time. And this was the end of Paul Felix. CHAPTER III. EAVE LODGE, WINTERDALE. ' I want a hero ; an uncommon want When every year and month sends forth a new one.' BYRON. IN a county in the south of England, the name of which is immaterial — say Dampshire or Dirtshire... | |
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