Correspondence of Lord Byron - With a Friend Including His Letters to His Mother, Written From Portugal, Spain, Greece, and the Shores of the Mediterranean, in 1809, 1810, and 1811 #265720

And now, my Lord, shall I conclude with an apology for my letter? If I thought one necessary I would burn it: yet I should feel myself both delighted and honoured if I were sure your Lord ship is better pleased with its being put into the post than into the fire. Most sincerely do I wish you success in those pursuits to which I conceive you allude in your preface; and I congratulate you that, at so early a period of your life, and in spite of being a favourite of the muses, you feel yourself born for your country.