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George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 10: (search)
ter of State, and Director of Public Instruction,—an office for which he asked on account of the quiet it would give him in his old age; at the same time he refused the splendid appointment of viceroy of the island of Sardinia, which was sent to him while I was at Madrid. I used to dine with him often in an unceremonious way, and enjoyed much the overflow of his very extensive and judicious learning, for he is in this respect one of the most distinguished men I have seen in Europe. The Duke de Laval, when there was any doubt or question about anything that could not be settled, always used to say, Eh bien done, demandez à Monsieur de Balbe, car il sait tout; and when I heard him converse I often thought so. Caesar, his only son, a young man about two years older than myself, on whose education he has bestowed unwearied pains, was, among those of his own age, what his father was in the oldest class,—the first at Madrid. He has much learning, good taste, and sense for all that is gre
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 13: (search)
ifferent to him whether they were now dead or alive. But I met him twice, under circumstances which afforded me such intimations of his character, that I think it worth while to record them long afterwards, although I failed at the time to write out my notes, as I often did during my hurried life in Paris, at that period. On both the occasions referred to, I met Mons. de Talleyrand at the hotel of the Duchess de Duras, to whom I was presented by a letter from the Duc Adrien de Montmorency Laval, French ambassador in Madrid, in such a way that, from the first, she received me with great kindness and permitted me to visit her familiarly. She received a great deal of company, but her favorite time for seeing her friends without ceremony was between four and six,—what she called mes petites cinq heures,—the last thing, in fact, before dinner, when her reception-room was no longer the salon for formal morning calls, but a charming library, just lighted for the early darkness of the se
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 15: (search)
il est devenu trop grave pour nous. Je sympathisais davantage avec la douceur de votre caractere, et de votre singuliere modestie. Mm. de l'ambassade, vous offrent milles compliments, et moi, je vous prie d'offrir un ancien hommage hereditaire, à; la jolie Duchesse de Broglie, que je crois aujourd'hui bien dedaignante pour mon souvenir. Conservez moi la fidelite de votre amitie, et de votre devise, Coelum non animum, et agreez l'assurance, de mes tendres sentiments. M. L. The Duke de Laval died at the age of seventy, three months before Mr. Ticknor reached Paris in 1837, so that they never met again. Count Cesare Balbo, the writer of the following letters, whose character and talents had attached and interested Mr. Ticknor, See ante, pp. 210, 212, 213. had been already, in early youth, during Napoleon's government of Italy, put forward in public affairs, and had shown great precocity and ability. He afterwards passed through severe trials, both public and private,