1796--1797. Removed into the Highlands
His visits to Lachin-y-gair
First awakening of his poetic talent
His early love of mountain scenery
Attachment for Mary Duff
1798. Succeeds to the title
Made a ward of Chancery, under the guardianship of the Earl of
Carlisle, and removed to Newstead
Placed under the care of an empiric at Nottingham for the cure of
his lameness
1799. First symptom of a tendency towards rhyming
Removed to London, and put under the care of Dr. Baillie
Becomes the pupil of Dr. Glennie, at Dulwich
1800-1804. His boyish love for his cousin, Margaret Parker
His 'first dash into poetry'
Is sent to Harrow
Notices of his school-life
His first Harrow verses
His school friendships
His mode of life as a schoolboy
Accompanies his mother to Bath
His early attachment to Miss Chaworth
Heads a 'rebelling' at Harrow
Passes the vacation at Southwell
1805. Removed to Cambridge
His college friendships
1806. Aug.-Nov., prepares a collection of his poems for the press
His visit to Harrowgate
Southwell private theatricals
Prints a volume of his poems; but, at the entreaty of Mr. Becher
commits the edition to the flames
1807. Publishes 'Hours of Idleness'
List of historical writers whose works he had perused at the age
of nineteen
Reviews Wordsworth's Poems
Begins 'Bosworth Field,' an epic. Writes part of a novel
1808. His early scepticism
Effect produced on his mind by the critique on 'Hours of Idleness,'
in the Edinburgh Review
Passes his time between the dissipations of London and Cambridge
Takes up his residence at Newstead
Forms the design of visiting India
Prepares 'English Bards and Scotch Reviewers,' for the press
1809. His coming of age celebrated at Newstead
Takes his seat in the House of Lords
Loneliness of his position at this period
Sets out on his travels
State of mind in which he took leave of England
Visits Lisbon, Seville, Cadiz, Gibraltar, Malta, Prevesa, Zitza
Tepaleen
Is introduced to Ali Pacha
Begins 'Childe Harold' at Ioannina
Visits Actium, Nicopolis; nearly lost in a Turkish ship of war
proceeds through Acarnania and AEtolia towards the Morea
Reaches Missolonghi
Visits Patras, Vostizza, Mount Parnassus, Delphi, Lepanto, Thebes
Mount Cithaeron
Arrives, on