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Lord Byron

English Romantic poet, cited as a figure of passionate individualism.

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Also known as Byron, Lord Byron

First appearance: vii goethe or the writer

Lord Byron shows up with force in IV: Montaigne; or, the Skeptic. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Montaigne was the only great writer of past times whom Byron read with avowed satisfaction.
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