“‘When Rogers’ must not see the enclosed, which I send for your perusal. I am
ready to fix any day you like for our visit. Was not Sheridan good upon the whole? The ‘Poulterer’ was the first
and best*.
“Ever yours, &c.”
Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
Irish poet and biographer, author of the Irish Melodies (1807-34),
The Fudge Family in Paris (1818), and Lalla
Rookh (1817); he was Byron's close friend and designated biographer.
Samuel Rogers (1763-1855)
English poet, banker, and aesthete, author of the ever-popular Pleasures of Memory (1792), Columbus (1810), Jaqueline (1814), and Italy (1822-28).
Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816)
Anglo-Irish playwright, author of The School for Scandal (1777),
Whig MP and ally of Charles James Fox (1780-1812).
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Source Description:
Author: Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852
Title:Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830).
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Series: Lord Byron and his Times: http://lordbyron.org
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