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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 8 0 Browse Search
Jula Ward Howe, Reminiscences: 1819-1899 6 0 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1 4 0 Browse Search
Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1 4 0 Browse Search
John Esten Cooke, Wearing of the Gray: Being Personal Portraits, Scenes, and Adventures of War. 2 0 Browse Search
James Parton, Horace Greeley, T. W. Higginson, J. S. C. Abbott, E. M. Hoppin, William Winter, Theodore Tilton, Fanny Fern, Grace Greenwood, Mrs. E. C. Stanton, Women of the age; being natives of the lives and deeds of the most prominent women of the present gentlemen 2 0 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3 2 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies 2 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: June 17, 1862., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
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Jula Ward Howe, Reminiscences: 1819-1899, Chapter 2: literary New York (search)
institution, and shunned its influence for their sons. The venerable Lorenzo Da Ponte was for many years a resident of New York, and a teacher of the Italian language and literature. When Dominick Lynch introduced the first opera troupe to the New York public, sometime in the twenties, the audience must surely have comprised some of the old man's pupils, well versed in the language of the librettos. In earlier life, he had furnished the text of several of Mozart's operas, among them Don Giovanni and Le Nozze di Figaro. Dominick Lynch, whom I have just mentioned, was an enthusiastic lover of music. His visits to my father's house were occasions of delight to me. He was without a rival as an interpreter of ballads, and especially of the songs of Thomas Moore. His voice, though not powerful, was clear and musical, and his touch on the pianoforte was perfect. I remember creeping under the instrument to hide my tears when I heard him sing the ballad of Lord Ullin's Daughter.
Jula Ward Howe, Reminiscences: 1819-1899, Chapter 8: first years in Boston (search)
man, and especially desired to attain connoisseurship in art. He had not the many-sided power of appreciation which distinguished Parker, yet a reverence for the beautiful, rather moral than aesthetic, led him to study with interest the works of the great masters. In his later years, he never went abroad without bringing back pictures, engravings, or rare missals. He had little natural apprehension of music, but used to express his admiration of some favorite operas, among them Mozart's Don Giovanni and Rossini's Barbiere di Seviglia. In the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, of which he was chairman for many years, his acquaintance with foreign languages was much valued. I remember a line of Tasso which he sometimes quoted when beautiful hands were spoken of:— Dove ne nodo appar, ne vena eccede. On the other hand, I have heard him say that mathematics always remained a sealed book to him; and that his professor at Harvard once exclaimed, Sumner, I can't whittle a mathematic
Jula Ward Howe, Reminiscences: 1819-1899, Index (search)
e Booth, Mrs. Edwin. Dexter, Franklin, a friend of Allston, 429. Dial, The, Margaret Fuller's paper, 145. Diary of an Ennuyee, Mrs. Jameson's, 40. Dickens, Charles, dinner to, in New York, 26; at Mr. Rogers's dinner, 99; takes the Howes to Bridewell Prison, 108; gives a dinner for them, 110. Dickinson, Anna, 305. Disciples, Church of the, 256; Governor Andrew a member of, 263. Divine Love and Wisdom, Swedenborg's, 204, 209. Dix, Dorothea L., her work for the insane, 88. Don Giovanni, its libretto, 24; admired by Charles Sumner, 176. Dore, Gustave, the artist, his studio and work, 416-419. Douglas, Stephen A., 178. Downing Letters, those of C. A. Davis, 25. Dresel, Otto, musical critic and teacher, 438; tribute to his memory, 439. Dress, in the thirties, 30, 31; at Mrs. Astor's dinner, 64, 65; at Samuel Ward's wedding, 65; at Lansdowne House, 102, 103; at the ball at Almack's, 106. Dublin, the Howes in, 112-114. Duer, John, at the Dickens dinner, 26.