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Byron to Henry Drury, from the Salsette, off the Dardanelles, May 3rd 1810 (23)
"When I left England nearly a year ago you requested me to write to you. – I will do so."
Byron to Henry Drury, from the Volage, July 7th 1811 (84)
"I have never been so near ['your Country'] since I left Duck Puddle."
Byron to James Cawthorn, from Constantinople, July 1st, 1810 (35)
Even in Constantinople, Byron is concerned for the reception of English Bards. [PSC]
Byron to James Cawthorn, from Malta, May 9th 1811 (74)
"I have seen here your third Edition of “E. B. & S. R.” and observe that it is printed on the very type you {rejected} for the second edition."
Byron to James Cawthorn, from The Volage Frigate off Ushant July 7th. 1811* (83)
"I have been scolding you (like almost all Scolders) without a reason, for I found your two parcels, one at Athens, & the other at Malta on my way down."
Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, from Athens, August 23rd 1810 (45)
Byron’s account of his life at the Athenian convent. [PSC]
Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, from Athens, February 1st 1811 (65)
"Pray whisper in Hanson’s ear the word remittance, as I shall soon be run out if you dont urge that worthy but snail paced man."
Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, from Athens, February 28th 1811 (not in BLJ) (71)
"I have been ill and well, quick and sorry, and glad, and coming, going and staying, like the rest of mankind, without gaining a step towards improvement except in languages, and even there my head is but a Babel of bad sounds."
Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, from Athens, January 10th–14th 1811 (59)
Ridgway has redirected this letter to Hobhouse, who is now in the militia. [PSC]
Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, from Athens, March 18th 1811 (73)
"Though I neither know where you are or how you are, I write at a venture by way of Zante, as I have already done many times, indeed so often that I can’t afford you more than this present sheet –..."