{"id":629,"date":"2015-03-06T11:42:06","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T11:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/englishhistory.net\/?p=629"},"modified":"2022-03-10T10:48:45","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T10:48:45","slug":"critical-opinion-lady-caroline-lamb-from-glenarvon-1816","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/byron\/critical-opinion-lady-caroline-lamb-from-glenarvon-1816\/","title":{"rendered":"Lord Byron Critical Opinion Lady Caroline Lamb, from Glenarvon (1816)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>*** Lord Glenarvon was of a disposition to attend so wholly to those in whose presence he took delight, that he failed to remember those to whom he had once been attached; so that like the wheels of a watch, the chain of his affections might be said to unwind from the absent, in proportion as they twined themselves around the favourite of the moment; and being extreme in all things, he could not sufficiently devote himself to the one, without taking from the other all that he had given.<\/p>\n<p>It were vain to detail the petty instances of barbarity he employed. The web was fine enough, and wove with a skillful hand. He even consulted with Lady Mandeville in what manner to make his inhuman triumph more poignant &#8211; more galling; and when he heard that Calantha was irritated even unto madness, and grieved almost unto death, he only mocked at her folly, and despised her still remaining attachment to himself. &#8220;Indeed she is ill,&#8221; said Sophia, in answer to his insulting inquiry, soon after her arrival at Mortanville Priory. &#8220;She is even dangerously ill.&#8221; &#8220;And pray may I ask of what malady?&#8221; he replied, with a smile of scorn. &#8220;Of one, Lord Glenarvon,&#8221; she answered with equal irony, &#8220;which will never endanger your health &#8211; of a broken heart.&#8221; He laughed. ***<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/byron\/\">Lord Byron<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/byron\/lady-caroline-lamb\/\">Lady Caroline Lamb<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*** Lord Glenarvon was of a disposition to attend so wholly to those in whose presence he took delight, that he failed to remember those to whom he had once been attached; so that like the wheels of a watch, the chain of his affections might be said to unwind from the absent, in proportion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4304,"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629\/revisions\/4304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}