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"[Cintra] unites in itself all the wildness of the Western Highlands with the verdure of the South of France."

"[Cintra] unites in itself all the wildness of the Western Highlands with the verdure of the South of France."

Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, August 11th 1809: "To make amends for this the village of Cintra about fifteen miles from the capital is perhaps in every respect the most delightful in Europe, it contains beauties of every description natural &…

Byron to John Hanson, August 7th 1809: "I passed some French prisoners on the road from Badajoz to Seville, and saw a spy who was condemned to be shot ..."

Byron to Francis Hodgson, August 6th 1809: "I have seen Sir John Carr at Seville and Cadiz, and, like Swift’s barber, have been down on my knees to beg he would not put me into black and white."

Classical scholar, son of the Revd Joseph Drury (1751–1834). "Headmaster of Harrow School 1785-1805)."
Garrett, Martin. The Palgrave Dictionary of Byron. Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave MacMillan, 2010, 91.
Henry Drury was Byron’s…

Byron to Francis Hodgson, August 6th 1809: "My next epistle shall be from Mount Caucasus or Mount Sion."
Mentioned by Byron in 1811-02-01.

Byron to Francis Hodgson, August 6th 1809: "My next epistle shall be from Mount Caucasus or Mount Sion."
See as well: London Journal Monday, Dec 6, 1813. A region at the border of Europe and Asia, situated between the Black
and the Caspian Seas.…

Byron to Francis Hodgson, August 6th 1809: "* * * Cadiz is a complete Cythera. Many of the grandees who have left Madrid during the troubles reside there, and I do believe it is the prettiest and cleanest town in Europe."
Deathplace of Cervantes and…

Byron to Francis Hodgson, August 6th 1809: "* * * Cadiz is a complete Cythera."