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Manfred

magician, living alone in an Alpine castle, broods on his alienation from mankind and on his destruction of the woman he loved. [Br. Poetry: Byron “Manfred”]
See: Remorse
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I was a poet and a grand gentleman, I fell in love; I came in for countless millions and immediately devoted them to humanity, and at the same time I confessed before all the people my shameful deeds, which, of course, were not merely shameful, but had in them much that was "sublime and beautiful" something in the Manfred style.
In the most important of them, 'Manfred,' a treatment of the theme which Marlowe and Goethe had used in 'Faust,' his real power is largely thwarted by the customary Byronic mystery and swagger.
"The celebrated Cucumetto, pursued in the Abruzzo, driven out of the kingdom of Naples, where he had carried on a regular war, had crossed the Garigliano, like Manfred, and had taken refuge on the banks of the Amasine between Sonnino and Juperno.
As he stood there he began to murmur Byron's famous lines, out of "Manfred," but before he had finished his quotation he remembered that if nocturnal meditations in the Colosseum are recommended by the poets, they are deprecated by the doctors.
Faced with a record onslaught of home runs that has convinced many pitchers that baseballs are juiced, Commissioner Rob Manfred says the sport has been unable to find any changes in the manufacturing process.
Commissioner Rob Manfred said it tests much the same as before, too, though he conceded there might be less drag on the ball than there was in the past.
The Turkmen Foreign Ministry hosted a meeting with Manfred Grund, head of the Inter-Parliamentary Group for Central Asia of the German parliament, the Turkmen Foreign Ministry said in a message.
Manfred Bischoff, is at the end of the Annual Shareholders' Meeting in 2021.
MLB commissioner Robert Manfred said he had determined it was no longer "appropriate" for the team to use the logo, deemed offensive by some Native Americans.
Formed in 1979, the band features Paul Jones (ex Manfred Mann) on vocals and harmonica, Tom McGuinness (ex Manfred Mann and McGuinness Flint) on guitar, Dave Kelly vocals and guitar, Gary Fletcher on bass guitar and Rob Townsend (ex Family) on drums.
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