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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 15: the Circuits.—Visits in England and Scotland.—August to October, 1838.—age, 27. (search)
ed five days with Brown in rambling round his grounds and in reading in his library. He wished to be remembered kindly to you. The smack of Edinburgh society still remains on my lips. There I saw, in a short time and in a most unfavorable season, many men of interest,—old companions of Scott,—and also those whose characters speak sufficiently for themselves. Tait asked me to meet De Quincey, the opium-eater; but I was engaged to ride with Lord Jeffrey, and could not go. Strachur Park, Oct. 3, 1838. I close this letter at the seat of the Lord-Advocate of Scotland, in Argyleshire, in the very midst of the Highlands. As ever, yours affectionately, C. S. P. S. Lord Jeffrey and Sydney Smith both spoke of Macaulay as a talker who said too much,—so much that Jeffrey thought he was not a popular diner out; and Sydney Smith said, when I told him that I had met Macaulay, Well, you had talk enough for once in your life. Now I distinctly say that I saw nothing of this. He kept him<