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Excerpt from Lord Byron: An Essay Though called to the bar in 1826, he did not take kindly to the law, and soon renounced it for an employment more congenial literature. Already in 1824: he had been invited to write for the Edinburgh Review, and in August, 1825, appeared in that maga zine his article on Milton, which created a sensation, and made the critics aware of the advent of a new literary power. This first success he followed up rapidly, and besides giving new life to the periodical, he soon gained for himself a name of note. In 1828 he was made a Commissioner of Bankruptcy, and in 1830 was elected m.p. For Calne. In the Reformed Parliament he sat for Leeds. He entered Parliament at an opportune period, and was in the thick of the great Reform con¿ict. His speeches on the Reform Bill raised him to the first rank as an orator, and gained for him official posts. It was while burdened with these severe public labors that he wrote thirteen (from Montgomery to Pitt) of the Edinburgh Review Essays. Thus he went on for four years, but the narrow circumstances of his family induced him to accept the lucrative post of legal adviser to the Supreme Council of India. This necessitated his going to India, which was clearly adverse to his prospects at home, yet the certainty of returning with £20, 000 saved from his large salary was sufficient inducement to make the sacrifice, and he sailed February 15, 1834. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.