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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2 8 0 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 1 6 2 Browse Search
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Chapter 1: Longfellow as a classic (search)
of those who were to appear in it were selected by a board of one hundred judges carefully chosen from men of all occupations and distributed over every State in the Union; and these balloted for the first hundred occupants of the Hall of Fame. Only thirty-nine names obtained a majority of votes, these being taken, of course, from men of all pursuits; and among these Longfellow ranked tenth, having eighty-five votes, and being preceded only by Washington, Lincoln, Webster, Franklin, Grant, Marshall, Jefferson, Emerson, and Fulton. Besides Emerson and Longfellow, only two literary men were included, these being Irving with eighty-four votes and Hawthorne with seventy-three. It is a well-known fact that when the temporary leader in any particular branch of literature or science passes away, there is often visible a slight reaction, perhaps in the interest of supposed justice, when people try to convince themselves that his fame has already diminished. Such reactions have notably o
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Chapter 2: birth, childhood, and youth (search)
felicitous translations of Horace, and occasional contributions to the press, drew marked attention to him, and led to the expectation that his would be an honorable literary career. He spent his vacations in Portland, where the society was always agreeable, and where the women, as one of his companions wrote, seemed to him something enshrined and holy,—to be gazed at and talked with, and nothing further. In one winter vacation he spent a week in Boston and attended a ball given by Miss Emily Marshall, the most distinguished of Boston's historic belles, and further famous as having been the object of two printed sonnets, the one by Willis and the other by Percival. He wrote to his father that on this occasion he saw and danced with Miss Eustaphieve, daughter of the Russian consul, of whom he says, She is an exceedingly graceful and elegant dancer, and plays beautifully upon the pianoforte. He became so well acquainted in later days with foreign belles and beauties that it is int
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Index (search)
; likes English ways, 260, 261, Poe's influence on, 268; his literary alterations, 269. Lowell, Miss, Sally, 121. Lucerne, 8. Lugano, 224. Lundy, Benjamin, his Genius of Universal Emancipation, mentioned, 163. Lunt, George, 165. Lyly, John, 55. McHenry, Dr., James, praises Longfellow, 22. McLane, Mr., 118. Madrid, 50. Maine, 11, 17, 208; Cumberland County, 220. Maler River, the, 93. Malherbe, Francis de, 191. Marienberg, 157, 161, 170. Marseilles, 3, 94. Marshall, Emily, 19. Marshall, Chief Justice, John, 6. Massachusetts, 186; Legislature, 11. Mather, Cotton, 138,239; his Magnalia, mentioned, 149. Matsys, Quintin, 161. Mayence, 162. Mayflower (ship), 13. Medici, Cosmo de, 164. Mellen, Mr., 140. Mellen, Judge, 17. Mellen, Frederic, 17. Mellen, Grenville, 23. Menzel, Charles Adolphus, his History of German Literature, mentioned, 112. Mexico, 263. Middleton, Thomas, 188. Milton, John, 268. Mittermaier, Karl J. A., 112. Molier