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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 56 0 Browse Search
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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 6: Law School.—September, 1831, to December, 1833.—Age, 20-22. (search)
as his minutes still preserved show. One attraction at this time proved stronger with Sumner than even his books. Miss Frances A. Kemble, the daughter of Charles Kemble, the English actor, and the niece of Mrs. Siddons, came with her father to this country in 1832, three years after her debut at Covent Garden in the character intense admiration, and delighting to talk of her with his friends. Browne wrote, April 18, You speak rapturously of the girl. Judge Story's enthusiasm for Miss Kemble quite equalled Sumner's. He was charmed with her acting, and addressed some verses to her:— Go! lovely woman, go! Enjoy thy fame! A second Kemble, with a dKemble, with a deathless name. Life and Letters, Vol. II. pp. 114-117. He did not know her personally at this time, but greatly enjoyed her society some years afterwards, during a visit to Berkshire County. Sumner visited, while a student in the Law School, but few families. He was a welcome guest at the firesides of the two professors, and