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Byron, George Gordon, Lord

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  1. A handsome and daring English poet of the early nineteenth century, known for his sexual exploits, his rebelliousness, and his air of brooding. He was a leader of romanticism; his best-known work is Don Juan, a long poem of satire.

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BYRON, George Gordon, Lord.—Hours of Idleness, a series of poems, original and translated, By George Gordon, Lord Byron, a minor . . .

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BYRON, George Gordon, Lord.—Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the right honourable Lord Byron with anecdotes of some of his contemporaries.

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