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[530] 1856-57. Third visit to Europe, 321-400; London, Brussels, Dresden, Berlin, Vienna, Milan, Florence, 311-315, 321-311; winter in Home, 315, 316, 341-349; Naples, Florence, Turin, Paris, London, 317, 349-404. 1857-70. In Boston, 404-498. 1859-64. ‘Life of Prescott,’ 436-440, 444, 449-456. 1861-65. Civil war, 433-435, 440-444, 446-449, 458-461. 1866-70. Summers at Brookline, 457, 485, 488. 1871. January 26, his death in Boston, 494. Ticknor, George, early advantages, I. 1; examined in Cicero's Orations and the Greek Testament, and admitted to Dartmouth College at 10 years old, 6; life at College from 14 to 16 years old pleasant and safe, but not laborious, 7; during eight succeeding years, uncommon relations with the most prominent men in Boston, 8, 9, 10 and note; resolving to devote himself to letters, seeks information about German Universities, and studies German, 11, 12, 24; club for practising Latin, 12; goes abroad with distinct purposes of study, 23, 24; having seen the distinguished persons in the United States, 13, 29, 33, 35, and such foreigners as Abbe Correa, 16, and Francis Jeffrey, 43-47, goes to Europe and passes four years there, 49-298; seventeen months in Gottingen, 69-121: pursues his studies in five languages, 81, 86; works twelve or more hours daily, 79, 95; studies German, 76, and Greek, 81; attends lectures in Theology, 79, and Natural History, 80; takes private courses on Dante, 85; the Fine Arts, Statistics, and the Spirit of the Times, 86; never parts from Shakespeare, Milton, Dante, and the Greek Testament. 86; admiration for Shakespeare and Milton, 148; in Paris, studies French language and literature, and the Langue Romane, with Le Chevalier, Roquefort, and Raynouard, 131, and it. 487: in Rome, studies antiquities with Nibby, I. 171, and Italian, 172, 173: after accepting professorship in Harvard College, decides to go to Spam, 117; knows Spanish before going, 186 5 studies Spanish language and literature in Madrid with Conde and others, 187: made Corresponding Member of the Spanish Academy, II. 507: studies Spanish and Portuguese in Paris with Moratin and de Souza, I. 252; Scotch literature in Edinburgh with Jamieson, 275; great opportunities and success in society, 58, 114, 129, 132, 135, 177, 178, 253, 258, 264, 280, 287, 312; returns home and labors in his professorship, 319-327, 353-369, 400, 11. 422; death of his mother, I. 273; religious opinions, 327; attempts made to convert him to Catholicism, 193 note; death of his father, 334; marries, 335; domestic life, 336, 384, 396; death of two children, 397, 398; two survive, 404; permanent borne, 387-390, II. 187; hospitable habits, I. 390, 391; long friendships, 316 and note, 317-319, 318 note, 377 note; private library, 319, 326; Spanish books, 325 note, 457, II. 245, 249, 250, 289, 361; health, I. 383; industry, 383; methodical habits, 385 note; studies Dante, 85, 394, 475 note; Shakespeare, 394, 473 note; Milton, 394; resigns professorship, 399; second visit to Europe, 400-411, II. 1-183; for ten years after his return home engaged in writing the ‘History of Spanish Literature,’ 243-262, 244 note; correspondence, 187-242; political opinions, 185-187, 195; on prison discipline, 228, 229; on repudiation, 205, 214, 215; on the Revolutions of 1848, 230-232; on slavery, 216-219, 221, 223, 285; on civil war, 443, 448; on international copyrights, 278-280; labors for the Boston Public Library, peculiar views for it, 800-304, 300, 307, 316-319; correspondence, 402-435; death of Prescott, 430: his own feeling about his Memoir of Prescott, 451, 454, 456; old age, 457; correspondence, 457-491; last days, 492-494; his special mental gifts, 495; combination of an efficient intellect, high moral purpose, and a vigorous will, 495-497. Ticknor, George Haven, son of G T , birth and death of, T 397, 398 Ticknor, Mrs., George, T 335, 336, 345, 346, 350, 379, 384, 386, 3R8, 396, 397. 399, 401, 404, 410 and note, 411, 412, 418, 432 note, 456 note, II 27, 28, 91, 141, 167, 174, 202, 203, 204, 208, 222, 226, 227, 233, 261, 270, 322, 329, 330, 346, 354, 356, 406, 407, 427, 429, 432, 438, 458, 463, 482; letters to, I. 372-376, 381-382, II. 331, 357, 366, 368-400. Ticknor, Susan Perkins, daughter of G T., birth and death of, I. 397. Ticknor, William, grandfather of G. T., I. 5, 6. Tieck, Friedrich, I 495, 504. Tieck, Ludwig, I. 457, 460, 462, 468, 469, 472, 473. 475, 477, 481, 482, 483, 485, 491, 503, II. 334, 480 and note; library of, 250; letter from, 260.
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