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George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 13: (search)
18. Yours of the 16th—29th October, my dear father, arrived since I last wrote you, and, what is better, one from Savage of November 9, both of which speak of great improvement in my mother's health. They have, therefore, removed a great load from my fears, and I feel now as if I had once more the free exercise of my faculties. I have received the necessary permission at the king's library, and am in full operation among its great treasures. I have, besides, made the acquaintance of Moratin, an exiled Spaniard, who is thoroughly familiar with Spanish literary history, and who gives me three or four hours together whenever I ask it, so that I have all possible direction and assistance in this. In Portuguese I have M. de Souza, who is the learned editor and generous publisher of that magnificent edition of Camoens, of which he sent a copy to Harvard College library. With these two, and the means they have given me, I have been so occupied for several days, that I have not been
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 16: (search)
the individual lives of their authors, which have been, to an unparalleled degree, lives of adventure and hazard,—in Garcilaso, whose exquisite pastorals hardly prepare us for the heroic death he died, before the face of his Emperor; in Ercilla, who wrote the best of Spanish epics at the feet of the Andes, amidst the perils of war, and in the wastes of the wilderness; in Lope de Vega on board the Armada, and in Cervantes, wounded at Lepanto, and a slave in Barbary; in Quintana's prison, and Moratin's exile. Indeed, like its own Alhambra,—which was not merely the abode of all that was refined and graceful and gentle in peace and in life, but the fearful fortress of military pride and honor, amidst whose magnificent ruins the heart still treasures up long recollections of gallantry and glory,—the poetry of Spain seems to identify itself with achievements that belong rather to its history; and, as it comes down to us through the lapse of ages, almost realizes to our fancy the gorgeous f<
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), chapter 26 (search)
418, 419 and note. Mitscherlich, Professor, 92. Moller, 124. Monk, Bishop of Gloucester, 271. Monroe, J., President of the United States, 349. Mont Blanc, 154, 156. Montgomery, James, 440, 441. Montgomery, Mrs., 386. Monticello, 30; visits, 34-38. Montijo. See Teba. Montmorency, Duc Mathieu de, 304 and note. Montmorency-Laval. See Laval. Moore's Charity School, Elisha Ticknor head of, 1; connected with Dartmouth College, 2. Moore, Thomas, 420, 422, 425. Moratin, L. F., 252. Moreau, General, 488. Morehead, Rev Dr., 280, 414. Morgan, Lady, 425. Morley, First Earl and Countess of, 407. Mornington, Countess of, 295, 296. Morris, Gouverneur, 256. Morrow, Governor, 372. Mos, Marquesa de, 207. Muhlenberg, Dr , 111. Mulgrave, Earl of, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 435, 437, 438. Muller, Johann, 115. Munchhausen, Baron, 501. Munster, Count, 77, 78. Murchison, Sir, Roderick, 419, 421. Murray, J. A., 277, 408. Murray, John, 58, 60, 62, 68, 29