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 | | It has been suggested to me by friends, on whose opinions I set a high value, that in this fictitious character, Childe Harold,' I may incur the suspicion of having intended some real personage: this I beg leave, once for all, to disclaim--Harold is the child of imagination, for the purpose I have stated. |
 | | It is almost superfluous to mention that the appellation Childe,' as Childe Waters,' Childe Childers,' &c., is used as more consonant with the old structure of versification which I have adopted. |
 | | I now leave Childe Harold' to live his day, such as he is; it had been more agreeable, and certainly more easy, to have drawn an amiable character. |
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