262 NOTES ON MEDWIN'S CONVERSATIONS.
the subject, that, on referring to the deed in question, no such clause is to be found; that this instrument was signed in London by the Hon. Douglas Kinnaird, as Lord Byron's procurator, and witnessed by Richard Williams, Eso., one of the partners in Mr. Kinnaird's banking-nouse; and that the signature of Captain Medwin is not affixed.
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ABENCERRAGE, xiv. 279.
Aberdeen, town of, i. 11. 34., xvi. 309. Aberdeen (George Hamilton Gordon), fourth earl of, vii. 254.; viii. 72. Abernethy, John, esq, surgeon, xvi.
'Absalom and Achitophel, character of, xv. 88.
Absence, consolations in, ii. 279. Re- sults of, xv. 296. Absent friend, pleasure of defend-
ing, xvii. 231. Abstinence, the sole remedy for ple- thora, iii. 337.
Abydos, i. 316. 321. 323.; v. 129.; vi. 281. See Bride of Abydos.
Abyssinia, Lord Byron's project of visiting, ii. 232. Academical studies, effect of, on the imaginative faculty, i. 197. Acerbi, Giuseppe, iii. 307. Acheron, lake, viii. 87. Acherusia, viii. 85. Achilles, his person, xiii. 319.; xvii. 141. Tomb of, xvi. 36, 37. 47.
'Achitophel,' xv. 330. Acropolis of Athens, viii. 65. Actium, remains of the town of, i. 295.
Sea-fight of, viii. 82. 84.; xvi. 184. Actors, an impracticable race, iii. 185. Ada, iii. 195. See Byron, Augusta. Ada.
Adair, Robert, esq. i. 335. 341.; ii. 9. Adams, John, a carrier, who died of drunkenness, epitaph on, vii. 209. Addison, Joseph, his character as a
poet, i. 197. His conversation, vi. 354. His Drummer, vi. 392. His account of a remarkable dream, xvi. 17. His 'faint praise, xvii. 231. 'Adieu, the;' written under the im pression that the author would soon die, vii. 195.
'Adieu, adieu! my native shore,' viii. 16.
Admiration, xv. 284.; xvi. 97. Adolphe,' Benjamin Constant's, its character, iii. 251.
Adrian's address to his soul when dying, translation of, vii. 20. Adversity, iii. 205.; xvi. 5.; xvii. 57. 134.
Advice, xv. 182.; xvii. 165. 197. 'Eneid, the,' written for political purposes, ii. 60.
Æschylus, i. 64. His Prometheus,'
iv. 67. His Seven before Thebes,' 68. Translation from his 'Prome- theus Vinctus,' vii. 27. His 'Per- sians' quoted, xv. 321.
Africa, and Africans, described, xvi, 27.
Agamemnon, xv. 114. 'Agathon,' Wieland's history of, iv. 236.
'Age of Bronze; or, Carmen Secu.
lare et Annus haud Mirabilis,' xiv 263.
Age of Gold, xvi. 152. Ages, changes produced by the lapse of, xvi. 6. Aglietti, Dr., iv. 98. 126. 129. Agrarian law, xvi. 311.
Ajax, viii. 68. Sepulchre of, ix. 229. ; | Alfred Club, ii. 99. 106.; iii. 233.; vi. xvi. 36, 37.
Albania, i. 299. 316.; viii. 81. 112. Albano Hill, description of the, viii. 263. 324.
Albanian dialect of the Illyric, speci. mens of, viii. 115.
Albanians, their character and man. ners, i. 299. 316.; viii. 90, 91. 94. 112. Their resemblance to the high- landers of Scotland, 113.
Albano, viii. 263. Albano, Francesco, xvii, 100. Alberoni, Cardinal, ii. 266.
Albion, sensations at the first sight of her chalky belt, xvi. 326.
Albrizzi, Countess, some account of, iii. 318. Her conversazioni, iv. 212. Her 'Ritratti di Uomini Illustri, 213. Her portrait of Lord Byron, 214.
Albuera, battle of, viii. 37. Alder, Mr., vi. 10.
Alcibiades, beauty of his person, xiii. 315. General charm of his name, 315. His character, 315 n.; xvii. 158.
Alexander the Great, his exclamation to the Athenians, i. 12. His visit to the tomb of Ajax, ix. 229.; xvi. 36. His sarcophagus, xiv. 266, 267. His chastity, xv. 269.; xvi. 70. His reply to Parmenio after the battle of Issus, xvi. 120.
Alexander, Emperor of Russia, his character, xiv. 284.; xvi. 165.; xvii. 145.
Alfieri, Vittorio, his description of his first love, i. 26. Effect of the representation of his 'Mira' on Lord Byron, iii. 77.; iv. 180, 180 n. His conduct to his mother, iii. 127. His tomb in the church of Santa Croce, iv. 12.; viii. 216. Coinci- dences between the disposition and habits of Lord Byron and, vi. 233. His memory dear to the Italians, viii. 297.
His Life' quoted, i. 45.; ii. 5.; viii. 193.
ii. 64.; iii 6.; ίν. 342.
Ambition, viii, 150, 151, 152.; xi, 56.; xiii. 320.; xvi. 200. 290. Ambracian Gulf; stanzas written in passing the, vii. 314. Reflections on the past and present state of, viii. 84, 84 n.
Ambrosian library at Milan, Lord Byron's visit to, iii. 300. America, viii. 233.; xvii. 166. Americani, patriotic society so called, v. 105. Americans, v. 200.
'Amitié est l'Amour sans Ailes,' vii. 161.
Amulets, the belief in, universal in the East, ix. 230. Amurath, Sultan, iii. 22. Anacreon, his ‘Θελω λεγειν Ατρείδας' translated, vii. 24. His Μεσονυκτίαις ποθ' ώραις translated, vii. 25. His
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