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George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 9: (search)
ry he had even thought to convert me by putting good books into my hands, though I should never have suspected it if the Prince de Laval had not let me into the secret. Two attempts were made to convert Mr. Ticknor to Catholicism. Once at Rome, being at a grand funzione, a priest who stood near him and his companion addressed them in English, which he heard them speaking, and they found he was an American of the name of Patterson. His history, as afterwards told to Mr. Ticknor by Mr. George Harrison, was a curious one. He was a Philadelphian, rich, handsome, at the head of fashion, the best billiard player in town. He was still quite young when he was converted, and he immediately gave his property to the Church, keeping only a small stipend for himself; had his teeth pulled to destroy his beauty, and became a priest and an ascetic. Patterson often visited Mr. Ticknor, glad to get a breakfast or a lunch, and one day brought a Padre Grassi with him. He was a man of talent and c
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 17: (search)
ix or seven. . . . . Early on Tuesday we arrived at Monticello. Everything here is on a larger scale than at Montpellier; the house, the grounds, and the arrangements. There is, too, nothing that marks the residence of an Ex-King. The family consists of Mr. Jefferson; Mrs. Randolph, his daughter, about fifty-two years old; Mr. Trist, a young Louisianian, who has married her fourth daughter; Miss Ellen; two other daughters, of eighteen and twenty; Mrs. Trist; four sons under sixteen; Mr. Harrison, a young lawyer of Harrisburg, who lately studied at Cambridge; Mr. Long, Mr. George Long, since well known by his various contributions to classical scholarship. just from Cambridge, England, apparently an excellent scholar, and now a professor in the University at Charlottesville; Mr. Webster; and ourselves. . . . Yesterday we formed a party, and, with Mr. Jefferson at our head, went to the University. See ante, p. 303. It is a very fine establishment, consisting of ten houses
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), chapter 26 (search)
, Alexander, Talleyrand's opinion of, 261; Washington's letter to, 261 note. Hamilton, Lady, 211. Hamilton, Professor, Sir William Rowan, 420, 422, 423, 425 and note. Hamilton, Sir, George, 501. Hand, Professor, 115. Hanover, N. H., 3 note, 4, 5, 6, 334, 385 and note; Elisha Ticknor dies there, 2, 335. Hanover, visits, 77. Harcourt, Rev., William Vernon, 424, 435, 436, 437. Hardenberg, Prince, 485. Harness, Rev., William, 411, 416 note. Harper, General, Robert, 351 Harrison, George, 193 note. Hartford Convention, 12-14. Hartford, visits, 14. Harvard College, G. T. nominated to a Professorship in, 116; accepts, 120; enters on Professorship, 319-326; attempted reforms in, 353-369, 379, 399-401. Hatfield. See Salisbury. Hatton, visits, 52. Haven, Miss, 68. Haven, N. A., 123 note, 316 note, 336, 337; letters to, 23, 49, 68, 338, 354, 359; letter from, 354 note, 377 note; death of, 377; memoir of, 377, 380. Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 389. Hayne, Colonel