Gally Knight to John Murray, 17 February 1831: 'I have seen the second volume of Moore's "Life of Byron," and though it can be matter of surprise to no one to find himself the object of the spleen of the noble author, yet I confess I [italics]am surprised[end italics] at seeing myself so gratuitously offered up as a victim to the public [comments further] [...] The second volume appears to me to be neither more nor less than "Don Juan" in prose, and I cannot say how much I regret to see Lord Byron's amours so openly paraded before the public. It is an indecorous exhibition, and but too likely to do harm, for young men will admire [italics]the whole[end italics] of the life, because it belonged to genius; and will imitate the only part of it with which metal superiority had nothing to do.'