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"My mother has behaved to me in such an eccentric manner, that so far from feeling the affection of a son, it is with difficulty I can restrain my dislike" - Byron in a letter to his sister dated Fri Nov 2nd 1804 |
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Byron and his Mother |
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The poet's grandfather, John Byron (1723-86) A famous womanizer and Vice-Admiral of the English navy. |
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"He had no rest on Sea, nor I on shore" - Our Lord Byron |
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Byron's Father |
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Byron's Mother |
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Who, when looking after Byron for the last time declared "he had had quite enough of his young visitor" -Thomas Moore |
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"Your mother's a fool" - One of Byron's schoolfriends
"I Know it." - Byron |
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