Letters and Journals of Lord Byron
Lord Byron to John Murray, 21 April 1814
LETTER CLXXVI.
TO MR MURRAY.
“Many thanks with the letters which I return. You know I am
a jacobin, and could not wear white, nor see the installation of Louis the Gouty.
“This is sad news, and very hard upon the sufferers at any,
but more at such a time—I mean the Bayonne sortie.
“You should urge Moore to come out.
“P.S. I want Moreri to purchase for good and all. I have a
Bayle, but want Moreri
too.
“P.S. Perry hath a
piece of compliment to-day; but I think the name might have been as well omitted. No
matter; they can but throw the old story of inconsistency in my teeth—let them,—I
mean, as to not publishing. However, now I will keep my word.
Nothing but the occasion, which was physically irresistible,
made me swerve; and I thought an anonyme within my pact with the public. It is the only thing I have or shall set
about.”
Pierre Bayle (1647-1706)
Huguenot philosopher; author of
Dictionnaire historique et
critique, 2 vols (1697), 4 vols (1702).
Louis XVIII, king of France (1755-1824)
Brother of the executed Louis XVI; he was placed on the French throne in 1814 following
the abdication of Napoleon.
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.
Louis Moreri (1643-1680)
French priest and author of
Le Grand Dictionnaire historique
(1674); reprinted with additions in 10 vols (1759).
James Perry (1756-1821)
Whig journalist; founder and editor of the
European Magazine
(1782), editor of the
Morning Chronicle (1790-1821).
