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Central America (search for this): chapter 10
Ottimo Comento, through Landino, and so on, down to the last of the annotators, no one has made the metaphysical difficulties of the Purgatorio so intelligible. I trust you are employed on the Paradiso, and that I shall soon enjoy the results at which you will arrive. Dante is a mare magnum for adventure, and every time I read him I make, or think I make, new discoveries. I take the liberty to send you, with this, Stephens's work on the aboriginal antiquities found in the woods of Central America. You will find it, I think, very curious, especially in the comparisons it will suggest with the earliest remains of ancient art in Egypt and Asia. . . . . In the same parcel you will find two newspapers, of the vast size in which they are often published in this country. The one printed at New York contains Mrs. Jameson's translation of the Princess Amelie's Oheim; the one printed in Boston contains an original translation of the Verlobung. Of each of these papers eight or ten th
Nahant (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 10
ant to see you. My next, I suppose, will be from the Classic Hole,—Jeremiah's Patmos,—a more euphuistical combination of four words than has been made since the days of Lily. I am vain of it. You will probably gather from the bucolic entusimuzy of my letter that I never was in this part of the world before. It is so. All Berkshire is new to me; but I think we shall come here often hereafter. It is more agreeable, as well as more picturesque, than I expected. To William H. Prescott, Nahant. Woods' Hole, Sunday, August 14, 1842. my dear William,—you will be glad to hear that the rest of your manuscript is safe. Manuscript of the Conquest of Mexico. . . . . We were just ready for it, having, a few hours before it came, reached the antepenultimate chapter of the first portion of the manuscript. Last night, when we went to bed, we left poor Montezuma moaning out his life, in the hands of his atrocious conqueror. I cannot bear to have his sufferings prolonged, and as the n<
Canada (Canada) (search for this): chapter 10
isit has thus far certainly been successful. Mr. Lyell has found enough in the geology of the country to reward him for his trouble, and enough intelligent geologists to help him on, and show him what he wanted to see. After his long tour at the South, therefore, in the States where the presence of slavery infects everything, and renders the travelling—especially to strangers—disagreeable, he has just left us—first stopping a fortnight in my family—for a still longer tour in the West and in Canada. . . . But to Mrs. Lyell these varieties, as far as they chance to be disagreeable, are not of consequence, so long as geology goes on well. She is one of those who make a sunshine in a shady place, and I really believe she has enjoyed herself, almost everywhere she has been. Certainly everybody has been delighted with her. . . . . And this reminds me of what I said in a former letter about education in Boston, and your reply to it, that Boston is, probably, in advance of the other ci
Maine (Maine, United States) (search for this): chapter 10
e the Whigs have chosen a nullifier and a sub-treasury man for Speaker. R. M. T. Hunter. . . . . But we shall get settled some time or other, and so will you in Maine. When will you get your land on the Madawaska, and when will you get pay for your frolic last winter? However, laissez-aller. It is a new year. Love to all. ountries were separated. The only point of any real difficulty has been found to be the Northeastern Boundary. This Mr. Webster has skilfully composed, by asking Maine and Massachusetts to appoint commissioners, with full powers to consent to such an adjustment as they may deem satisfactory, and honorable, to their respective Stare will be some factious opposition to it, and though you will not have the official annunciation for a couple of months. Mr. Webster's letter to the governor of Maine has done more for this result than any other thing. It was a capo d'opera, and left nothing for faction to take advantage of. . . . The little affair of Rhode
Lebanon Springs (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 10
s prescribed by law, they made a Constitution for themselves, and undertook to carry it into practical operation. Everything but bloodshed followed; but the popular party was completely put down, and now a suitable Constitution will be legally formed and peaceably carried into execution. It constitutes a strong case, because the people were originally right, and only erred in the forms, and in the passions they indulged. But enough of politics. To Hon. Hugh S. Legare, Washington. Lebanon Springs, June 9, 1842. dear Legare,—A nice place it is, to be sure, as you say, and I do not wonder that you spent sundry happy days here last summer, except that there were so many people in it. We came a week ago, and had the Prescotts and Gray, Judge and Mrs. Prescott, Mr. W. H. Prescott and his daughter, and Mr. F. C. Gray. till day before yesterday, when they returned, and left us to enjoy this rich and beautiful nature quite alone. It is really delicious. Don't you think we can te
Indiana (Indiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 10
on. This is the present state of affairs, in reference to practical legislation. President Tyler and his Cabinet are in a small minority, both in Congress and with the people. Meantime, large portions of the country are suffering. At the South and Southwest—where individuals and States borrowed rashly and unwisely—there is great distress. To individuals, the Bankrupt Law is bringing appropriate relief; but to the States, the process must be more slow. Some of them, like Illinois and Indiana, never will pay. They have not the means, and cannot get the means. They are honest and hopeless bankrupts, and will do what they can, but it will not be much. Others, like Mississippi,—which repudiated its obligations so shamelessly,—will be compelled to pay by the force of public opinion. Others, like Pennsylvania and Maryland, are troubled by the pressure of the times, but are able to pay, and have no thought of avoiding it or attempting to avoid it. All the rest—eighteen or twenty
Woods Hole (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 10
ou. My next, I suppose, will be from the Classic Hole,—Jeremiah's Patmos,—a more euphuistical combination of four words than has been made since the days of Lily. I am vain of it. You will probably gather from the bucolic entusimuzy of my letter that I never was in this part of the world before. It is so. All Berkshire is new to me; but I think we shall come here often hereafter. It is more agreeable, as well as more picturesque, than I expected. To William H. Prescott, Nahant. Woods' Hole, Sunday, August 14, 1842. my dear William,—you will be glad to hear that the rest of your manuscript is safe. Manuscript of the Conquest of Mexico. . . . . We were just ready for it, having, a few hours before it came, reached the antepenultimate chapter of the first portion of the manuscript. Last night, when we went to bed, we left poor Montezuma moaning out his life, in the hands of his atrocious conqueror. I cannot bear to have his sufferings prolonged, and as the next chapter<
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 10
oice at every legal decision which limits and restrains the curse of slavery; both because each such restriction is in itself so great a good, and because it makes it more easy to preserve the Union. I fear the recent decision, in the case of Pennsylvania and Maryland, works the other way, but hope it will not turn out so, when we have it duly reported; and I fear, however the decisions may stand, that the question of a dissolution of the Union is soon to come up for angry discussion. Mr. Tns. They are honest and hopeless bankrupts, and will do what they can, but it will not be much. Others, like Mississippi,—which repudiated its obligations so shamelessly,—will be compelled to pay by the force of public opinion. Others, like Pennsylvania and Maryland, are troubled by the pressure of the times, but are able to pay, and have no thought of avoiding it or attempting to avoid it. All the rest—eighteen or twenty—are in no trouble, nor are likely to be. The lesson will have been an
Saxony (Saxony, Germany) (search for this): chapter 10
Arrival at home. letters to Miss Edgeworth, Mr. Legare, Prince John of Saxony, Count Circourt, Mr. Prescott, Mr. Kenyon, and others. death of Mr. Legare. ble fate of the old Greek tragedians. . . . To H. R. H. Prince John, Duke of Saxony. Boston, U. S. A., May 17, 1839. my dear Lord,—I received in the summer of d its power to maintain the cause of the Union increased. To Prince John, of Saxony. Boston, U. S. A., March 15, 1842. my Lord,—I received duly your very kind y faithfully and affectionately yours, George Ticknor. From Prince John, of Saxony. Dresden, 4 July, 1842. dear Sir, Prince John always wrote to Mr. Ticknoof Hamburgh has made a great sensation in the whole of Germany. Our affairs in Saxony, particularly, go on well. Trade and industry are flourishing, and agriculturef the highest consideration, with which I am Your affectionate John, Duke of Saxony To Rev. H. H. Milman, London. Boston, U. S. A., May 7, 1842. my dear Sir
Rhode Island (Rhode Island, United States) (search for this): chapter 10
l annunciation for a couple of months. Mr. Webster's letter to the governor of Maine has done more for this result than any other thing. It was a capo d'opera, and left nothing for faction to take advantage of. . . . The little affair of Rhode Island has tended, I think, to strengthen our institutions, by settling the principle that the people of a State have no right to change their Constitutions, except in the forms provided by law. The case was this. The Constitution, or Charter, of RhRhode Island was one sufficiently absurd, which had been given by Charles II., and had long since ceased to be suited to the people. But the landholders, who had all the power, refused to give it up until lately, when the mass of the people became so exasperated that, without observing the forms prescribed by law, they made a Constitution for themselves, and undertook to carry it into practical operation. Everything but bloodshed followed; but the popular party was completely put down, and now a
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