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George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 2: (search)
ble, and unfit for the purposes for which it is used. They sat—I thought inconveniently— at the upper end; but, as they were all dressed in flowing black robes, and were fully powdered, they looked dignified. Judge Marshall is such as I described him to you in Richmond; Judge Washington is a little, sharp-faced gentleman, with only one eye, and a profusion of snuff distributed over his face; and Judge Duval very like the late Vice-President. The Court was opened at half past 11, and Judge Livingston and Judge Marshall read written opinions on two causes. After a few moments' pause, they proceeded to a case in which Dexter, Pinkney, and Emmett were counsel. It was a high treat, I assure you, to hear these three lawyers in one cause. Pinkney opened it as junior counsel to Emmett; and it was some time before I was so far reconciled to his manner as to be able to attend properly to his argument. His person, dress, and style of speaking are so different from anything which I ever
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 6: (search)
ned all he wanted to,—and his questions were very shrewd, and showed he knew what he was about,—I found him an extremely pleasant, instructive man, a true German, full of enthusiasm and hope, and trusting, as it seems to me, too much to the present flattering prospects of a more intimate union and consolidation of these independent and discordant principalities. He told me many curious ancedotes, and, among the rest, one of his being present at a levee of Bonaparte's where our minister, Livingston, was so ignorant of all proprieties as to ask the Emperor whether he had received good news from St. Domingo lately,—at a time when everything had gone by the board there; of his having seen a letter from Napoleon to Jerome, when he was King of Westphalia, beginning, Mon frere, tu ne cesses pas daetre polisson, etc. Smidt told me that when the Crown Prince was in Bremen, he told him, that when Napoleon sent Le Clerc to St. Domingo (who died soon after his arrival), he sent him not only <
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 19: (search)
ragment about Italy; but Head's Rough Sketches Rough Notes made during Journeys across the Pampas, etc., by Captain [afterwards Sir] Francis B. Head. is really one of the most spirited affairs I have looked into for a great while. . . . . Mr. Livingston sent me the two folios of his Code, and Chancellor Kent sent me his Commentaries, or I suppose I should not have ventured into them; but being obliged to do enough to make appropriate acknowledgments, I read the whole, and was much interestedSee ante, p. 7. Judge Johnstone, and General Stewart of Baltimore. We had a nice little dinner in the library, and a nice little time altogether. Afterwards William and I spent an hour with General Van Rensselaer, at the Livingstons, Mr. Edward Livingston and his family. See ante, pp. 350, 351. very gayly. All Washington looks rather trite to me. The divisions of party have infected social intercourse. . . . . The whole thing is much less gay and amusing than it was when we were here t
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), chapter 26 (search)
, Mrs. Thomas (Lady Theresa), 407 and note, 418. Litton, Mr., 421. Liverpool, visits, 49, 297, 298, 402-404. Livingston, Edward, 123, 350, 351, 380, 381, 382. Livingston, Judge, 39. Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. Maturin, 386. Livingston, Mrs.,Livingston, Judge, 39. Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. Maturin, 386. Livingston, Mrs., Edward, 350, 351, 381, 382. Llangollen, visits, 51, 52. Lloyd, Professor, 405. Lockhart, Mrs. J. G., 407. Lohrmann, W. G., 459, 482. London, visits, 51, 54-68, 251, 263-267, 289-298, 406-418, 445-449. London, Tower of, 446, 447. Long,Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. Maturin, 386. Livingston, Mrs., Edward, 350, 351, 381, 382. Llangollen, visits, 51, 52. Lloyd, Professor, 405. Lockhart, Mrs. J. G., 407. Lohrmann, W. G., 459, 482. London, visits, 51, 54-68, 251, 263-267, 289-298, 406-418, 445-449. London, Tower of, 446, 447. Long, George, Professor, 348. Longfellow, Henry W., 399. Longfellow, Stephen, 14. Loretto, visits, 167. Louvois, Marchioness de, 253. Lovell, Mrs., 286. Lowe, Rev. Mr., 440, 441, 446. Lowell, John, 339, 356, 360. Lowenstein-Wertheim, PrincessLivingston, Mrs., Edward, 350, 351, 381, 382. Llangollen, visits, 51, 52. Lloyd, Professor, 405. Lockhart, Mrs. J. G., 407. Lohrmann, W. G., 459, 482. London, visits, 51, 54-68, 251, 263-267, 289-298, 406-418, 445-449. London, Tower of, 446, 447. Long, George, Professor, 348. Longfellow, Henry W., 399. Longfellow, Stephen, 14. Loretto, visits, 167. Louvois, Marchioness de, 253. Lovell, Mrs., 286. Lowe, Rev. Mr., 440, 441, 446. Lowell, John, 339, 356, 360. Lowenstein-Wertheim, Princess, 487, 489. Lund, 177. Luittichau, Madame Ida de, 476, 481, 482, 483, 485, 491. Luttichau, M. de, 476 and note, 491. Luxmoore, the Misses, 432 note. Lyman, Mrs., Theodore, 10. Lynch, John, 389 note. Lyndhurst, Lord, Chancellor, 44