..., that you, though bound to the state by the most onerous duties, are still able to rescue leisure for your favorite pursuits. We look impatiently for the last and crowning volume of your labors on Dante . When shall we have it? . . . . I remain your Highness's affectionate and faithful friend, George Ticknor. Boston, December 9, 1847. my dear Charles,—. . . . You had, I dare sa...