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Romae Tibur amem ventosus, Tibure Romam. Carlyle in the moor was always sighing for the town, and in the town for the moor. During the first twenty years of his London life, in what he called "the Devil's oven," he is constantly clamouring to return to the den.
Moore and others insist that Byron's heart was at home when his presence was abroad, and that, with all her faults, he loved his country still. Leigh Hunt, on the contrary, asserts that he cared nothing for England or its affairs. Like many men of genius, Byron was never satisfied with what he had at the time. "Romae Tibur amem ventosus Tibure Romam."
I remember when I was with the army, after the battle of Lafeldt, the officers seriously grumbled that no general was killed. CAMBRIDGE. 'We may believe Horace more when he says, "Romae Tibur amem, ventosus Tibure Romam ;" than when he boasts of his consistency: "Me constare mihi scis, et decedere tristem, Quandocunque trahunt invisa negotia Romam ."
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