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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2 6 0 Browse Search
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James Parton, Horace Greeley, T. W. Higginson, J. S. C. Abbott, E. M. Hoppin, William Winter, Theodore Tilton, Fanny Fern, Grace Greenwood, Mrs. E. C. Stanton, Women of the age; being natives of the lives and deeds of the most prominent women of the present gentlemen 4 0 Browse Search
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George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 21: (search)
uch a party; Malibran, Grisi, and Rubini,—the three finest voices in Europe,—assisted by Lablache, Tamburini, etc. Malibran and Grisi were twice pitted against each other in duets, and did unquestionably all they were capable of doing to surpass each other. The effect was certainly very great. I enjoyed it vastly more than I enjoyed Almack's, for I knew a large number of people, and had a plenty of pleasant conversation. July 18.—At twelve o'clock we drove out, by appointment, to Mrs. Joanna Baillie's, at Hampstead, took our lunch with her, and passed the time at her house till four o'clock . . . . . We found her living in a small and most comfortable, nice, unpretending house, where she has dwelt for above thirty years. She is now above seventy, and, dressed with an exact and beautiful propriety, received us most gently and kindly. Her accent is still Scotch; her manner strongly marked with that peculiar modesty which you sometimes see united to the venerableness of age, and w<
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 24: (search)
. Note by Mr. Ticknor: She is a Prussian princess, and the most intimate friend of the present Empress of Russia, having been brought up with her. Both are women of talent, especially the Princess. In England, again and again, where I should least have suspected it, I found him held in the highest estimation; one of the old Besborough family, for instance, looking upon a present of one of his sermons as one of the most agreeable things that could happen to him; and Mrs. Somerville, Miss Joanna Baillie, and several other persons, of no less note, declaring to me that he was generally regarded by their friends, as well as themselves, as the best writer of English prose alive. If the book on Slavery is written with only the usual talent of his other works, I will venture to predict that it will be more admired than anything he has yet printed. One good, and only one that I know of, can come from this state of opinion in Europe; the Southern States must be rebuked by it, and it is
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), chapter 26 (search)
G. T. member of, 9. Aranjuez, 195, 220-222. Arconati, Madame, 450, 451. Arconati, Marquis, 450-452. Arnheim, Baroness von (Bettina), 500. Arrivabene, Count, Giovanni, 450, 451. Astor, W. B., 26, 178. Athenaeum, Boston, 8, 12, 370, 371, 379 and note. Atterson, Miss, 109. Auckland, Lord (First), 264. Austin, Mrs., Sarah, 411, 413, 500. Azzelini, 176. B Babbage, Charles, 407, 422. Bachi, Pietro, 368 note. Bagot, Sir Charles and Lady Mary, 295 and note. Baillie, Miss, Joanna, 413, 414, 479. Bainbridge, Commodore, 373. Baird, Sir, David, 412, 413. Balbo, Count, Cesare, 210, 212, 213, 306, 307; letters from, 307, 309. Balbo, Countess, 209. Balbo, Count, Prospero, 209, 210, 308. Balhorn, Herr, 85. Baltimore, visits, 41, 349, 351. Bancroft, Hon., George, 385. Banks, Sir, Joseph, 258 note, 263, 294. Barante, Baron de, 137, 138, 256. Barbour, Philip, 347. Barcelona, visits, 185, 191. Baring, Bingham, 411. Baring, Thomas, 411. Barnard, Mr