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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 16: events at home.—Letters of friends.—December, 1837, to March, 1839.—Age 26-28. (search)
, 1839.—Age 26-28. Sixteen months passed between Sumner's parting with his friends in Boston and his leavins called The Lovers' Chase. The domestic life of Sumner's friends underwent changes. Cleveland and Felton s, and the time of his return. One or another of Sumner's correspondents wrote to him of these public or pr Again, Aug. 22:— A letter from you, dear Sumner, is before me,—a spring to exertion, a stimulus to 1838:— I never meet any of your friends, dear Sumner, that you are not enthusiastically remembered. In rincipled and too unprecedented. An allusion to Sumner's letters, in which he expressed a strong preferencJan. 8, 1839:— A happy New Year to you, my dear Sumner. May you see, learn, and live as much in 1839 as ynversation that he and Greenleaf should try to have Sumner in the Law School soon after his return; that the ww School in good hands, and that he desired to have Sumner and Hillard succeed himself and Greenleaf. A
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 17: London again.—characters of judges.—Oxford.—Cambridge— November and December, 1838.—Age, 27. (search)
Ireland from April, 1839, to September, 1841. Sumner received kindly attentions from him during his the Law of Infancy and Coverture. He invited Sumner to dine in Dec., 1838, at 34 Mecklenburgh Squa Believe me, ever affectionately yours, Charles Sumner. To Dr. Francis Lieber, Columbia, S. ct that they address me without any prefix, as Sumner; and I, of course, do the same with them. Sirbsence on the circuit will prevent his shaking Sumner's hand again, but hopes to renew their acquainccount of her,—Autobiography, Vol. I. p. 230. Sumner met her on his second visit to England, in 185octer, 1825-1864, was Mr. Procter's daughter. Sumner made the acquaintance of Mr. and Mrs. Montagu,l and some of his Friends, pp. 9, 47, 65, 101. Sumner was one of the guests, in 1859, at a dinner giving sent us any work of his; but in answer to Sumner's question, how he could best repay English ho may expect. Your trouble about the loss Sumner had been informed by Hillard of the loss of tw[25 more...]
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, December 5. (search)
article in the Edinburgh Review. His daughter married Bryan Waller Procter, who, as an author, adopted the pseudonym of Barry Cornwall, and died in 1874, at the age of eighty-seven. Adelaide Anne Procter, 1825-1864, was Mr. Procter's daughter. Sumner made the acquaintance of Mr. and Mrs. Montagu, through Mr. Parkes. They were charmed with him, and ever after regarded him with a tenderness like that of parents. Mrs. Montagu predicted even then his future eminence. His relations to them and to the Procters have been touched upon by James T. Fields, in a paper contributed to Harper's Magazine, Nov., 1875, pp. 777-796; and afterwards reprinted in a volume entitled Barry Cornwall and some of his Friends, pp. 9, 47, 65, 101. Sumner was one of the guests, in 1859, at a dinner given by Mr. Procter to Hawthorne; at which were present Mr. Fields, Kinglake, and Leigh Hunt. Mr. Montagu was full of Bacon, and told me it was said of him that in a quarrel with the keeper of a turnpike gate he w
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Athenaeum Club, Dec. 14, 1838. (search)
ly petty, did that tempest strife at your last election seem! I saw the various summonses to party meetings, and the split in the ranks of the Whigs, occasioned by Mr. Bond. Reference to a controversy in the nomination of members of the Legislature, which grew out of legislation on the liquor question. I could hardly believe that honest men, of elevated views, could have taken the smallest interest in such affairs. Tom Thumb's pint-pot always seemed larger than the stage of these transactions does to me at this distance, amidst the world-absorbing affairs which occupy the great metropolis. I am obliged, on account of my Cambridge engagements, to lose a most interesting dinner to meet Fonblanque, Black, and all the liberal press gang; also to meet Lord Durham. I shall, however, see the latter before I leave. I am sorry that I cannot write by this steamer to Longfellow, whose letter I have, and Greenleaf's also, and Felton's. As ever, yours affectionately, Charles Sumner.
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Athenaeum Club, Dec. 28, 1838. (search)
re without reserve, and thus learn their real characters. I have been trying to get a review in the Edinburgh of Sparks's Life of Washington; and a person of no little literary eminence, Rev. William Shepherd. the bosom friend of Lord Brougham, has written me that he will do it if Brougham does not do it himself. I have strong reason to believe that his Lordship will undertake it, and, if he does, his late efforts give us assurance what we may expect. Your trouble about the loss Sumner had been informed by Hillard of the loss of two of his letters from England, by a friend to whom they had been lent. of the letters is superfluous. I care nothing about their loss; it is their possible existence out of the hands of friends that troubles me. You see that I write with winged speed, literally as fast as my pen can shed its ink, without premeditation or care, in the confidence of bosom friendship, and with the freedom which is its result. Therefore I shudder at the thought of
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 18: Stratford-on-avon.—Warwick.—London.—Characters of judges and lawyers.—authors.—society.—January, 1839, to March, 1839.—Age, 28. (search)
s counsel, belonging to the Northern Circuit. Sumner dined with him at 23 Montague Street, Russell eference to the case of Stockdale v. Hansard. Sumner met Lord Campbell in London in 1857, and visitor by ten years, and died the June following. Sumner met her in 1857, and found her then as beautif this always takes place in English society,—Mr. Sumner; one of our profession,—without saying of whed at Leeds, Dec. 5, 1850, in which he said of Sumner: I do not give up the notion of his becoming o Believe me ever very sincerely yours, Charles Sumner. To Judge Story. travellers', March 9ppointed a judge of the Common Pleas in 1842. Sumner dined with him at Fleming House, Old Brompton.1, and died a few days after his resignation. Sumner dined with him in Feb. 1839, at 37 South Stree Blessington presents her compliments to Mr. Charles Sumner, and regrets exceedingly that she was noeve me, as ever, Very sincerely yours, Charles Sumner. P. S. Tell Macdonald that I visited[36 more...]<
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, London, Jan. 12. (search)
d arrested Follett in the act of scaling the walls of the Temple. At Lord Durham's John George Lambton, 1792-1840. He became Baron Durham in 1828, and Earl of Durham in 1833. He was sent on a special mission to Russia in 1833, and was an ambassador to that country in 1836; was sent to Canada in 1838 as Governor-General, with extraordinary powers, at the time of the Rebellion. See sketch in Brougham's Autobiography, Vol. III. p. 335. Lord D. wrote to Joseph Parkes, asking him to bring Sumner to dine at Cleveland Row. we had an interesting party. There were Sir Edward Codrington; 1770-1851; admiral; distinguished at Trafalgar and Navarino. Sir William Molesworth; 1810-1855; member of Parliament; colleague of John Austin on a commission of inquiry into the administration of the government of Malta, and, in 1855, Secretary of the Colonies. At the suggestion of George Grote, he edited the works of Thomas Hobbes. He was associated with John Stuart Mill in editing the Westmi
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Jan. 16, 1839. (search)
rature, and society; then walked with Whewell, and afterwards dined with Bellenden Ker. H. Bellenden Ker was a conveyancer; was a friend of Lord Brougham, and passed the later years of his life at Cannes, in France, where he died, about 1870. Sumner was his guest at dinner on different occasions, at 27 Park Road, Regent's Park. And the dinner! it is to be spoken of always. There was a small company: our host and his wife,—one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen; Courtenay, Philip Courtenay; Queen's counsel, belonging to the Northern Circuit. Sumner dined with him at 23 Montague Street, Russell Square. M. P., and his beautiful daughter; Eastlake, the accomplished artist; and Lord Brougham. Then the house was a little gem. It is in Regent's Park, removed from the bustle of town. The door-panels of the drawing-room are copies of some of the first masters; and the room is hung round with attractive paintings, and adorned with some of the finest curiosities of art. The
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Jan. 23, 1839. (search)
He says the most ill-natured things, and does the best. He came up to me at Miss Martineau's, where there was a little party of very clever people, and said: Mr. Sumner, it is a great piece of benevolence in you to come here. Determined not to be drawn into a slur upon my host, I replied: Yes, Mr. Rogers, of benevolence to mysourd as a person whom I liked very much, when the author of on said: He is a humbug; he drinks no wine. Commend me to such humbugs! Miss Martineau 1802-76. Sumner visited Miss Martineau at Ambleside in 1857. She became quite impatient in later life with him and with all who maintained, as he did, the liability of England fHume, and Robertson. Of course, Gibbon was placed foremost. There was a party at Hallam's after dinner; but I went from that to a ball at Hume's,—Joe Hume's. Sumner was invited, at different times, to dine with Mr. Hume at Bryanstone Square. You doubtless imagine that this Radical, who for twenty years has been crying out ret
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Jan. 27, 1839. (search)
y! Milman told me he thought it the greatest work that had yet proceeded from America. Mr. Whishaw, who is now blind, and who was the bosom friend of Sir Samuel Romilly, has had it read to him, and says that Lord Holland calls it the most important historical work since Gibbon. I have heard Hallam speak of it repeatedly, and Harness and Rogers and a great many others whom I might mention, if I had more time and I thought you had more patience. Bulwer has two novels in preparation—one nearly completed—and is also engaged on the last two volumes of his History of Greece. This work seems to have been a failure. I see this flash novelist often: we pass each other in the drawing-room, and even sit on the same sofa; but we have never spoken. I could not live through two London winters; the fogs are horrid. I met Theodore Hook last evening, and poured out my complaints. You are right, said he; our atmosphere is nothing but pea-soup. Ever affectionately yours, Charles Sumner
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