Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1829-10-02
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might be near the idol Of her affections
she took a small house in London.
had frequent opportunities of seeinp
the youth when he came to town for the
holidays. AT fourieen, he was fine. live
iy, restless lad, full of fire and energy. and
passionatcly fond of riding His exploits
IN hyde Park l have already mentioned
when he boasted of beating me in the race
SAID, DO you know the provcrb, that
mere is great deal in riding borrowed
morse! lie did not know this adage, an.
I'll explained it to him; when he good.
humouredly drew in his rens, aknowedc-
Ell the rebuke, and adding, If the pony
was nine, would bet you my months
pocket-money, that would be at X ens;ug.
ton gardens aetore you."--se Well" SAID
" we will have trial tomorrow for hnlEa.
crown, but to-day we must not race for
our nags have had too much water" He
oiabbed this tn his mother, who would on
no account permit the course. Blu, the
ride was not to be abandoned. and he paye
ms parole that he would moi gallon, and
he kept religiously to it; for, thourh ne
was sPoilen child, and had too much of
his own way, he never did any thing in.
tentlonaly to disoblige or vex her.-at
least SO she has often told me.
Our intimacy with Mrs. Byron Gordon
continued after Lord Byron went abroad
she senslbly felt the separation, and her
spirits were only kept up with the hopes of
his speedy return. Alas she did not live
to have this happiness; for when shewro,e
to him that she had got into bad health.
ana was DESTROYS TO see him, he fastened
to obey her wishes, but she died week o,
two before his arrival, of sore throat.
FMS greatly distressed him, as he had ia.
Ken 1t INTO his head, that, had he been
with her, or had never quilted her, she
might have been still living Yet he ac-
knowledged that she did not want the best
medical advice. She was extremely cor.
pulent, and he told me that he was also in
clIned to obesity, to prevent which. he was
become very abstemious, and took violent
exercise.
The last time l saw his mother, she told
ne, that his affections were placed on a
young lady, whose name she did not men,
ton, but have heard thatit was Miss Ma.
ny Chaworth, daughter to the man whom
Lord Byron's predecessor had killed in
tavern brawl. That he had loved anoth.
or before his marriage with Miss Mill
banke, is certain. His verses "to Mary
are supposed to alude to Miss Chaworth.
Poor Byron had the misfortune to be
connected with false friends, who, after
receiving benefits at his hand, became his
b'tterest foes. Polidori, whom he select
ed as his compagnon de voyage" was
one OF those. After living on the most
amicable footing with his patron for more
than year, he took umbrage for some
tr'iie; and because Byron took part in
some dispute the doctor had with Vene.
tan Nobleman, he quarrelled with his
friend, and left him abruptly at Venice
have since heard, from an authority |
could not doubt, that this rupture was en-
tIrely produced by Polidori who though
talented man, was any thing but amiabIe.
In proof OF his bad dispositions aud vim
d!ctive temper, he published, soon after
his arrival in England, miserable squib,
called The Vampire" which he had
the lmpudence to try to palm on the pub
lie as the produce Of Byron's pen; but the
cheat was speedily detected, and the ven
omons bat and its author were shortly for
gotten. 1t would appear that Lord By
ron had not much discrimination in the
choice Of his friends, with all his acute
ness and knowledge of life.