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George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 1: (search)
ngregation had Hebrew books in their hands; the priest, dressed in black robes and a black cap, sang in Hebrew, and had one of the finest and richest voices I ever heard, which poured forth the Hebrew vowels in the grandest melody, to which the choir and congregation responded. There was something very picturesque in the whole, though, of course, everything was unintelligible to us. After listening to it, therefore, a little while, we drove to a public garden in one of the suburbs, where Strauss—whose waltzes are danced alike in Calcutta, Boston, and Vienna—plays two evenings in the week, to the great delight of the multitudes who go to hear him and his perfectly drilled band. It was a beautifully warm, still, moonlight evening; and when we reached the garden, which was brilliantly lighted, we found about four hundred people, chiefly seated at small tables under the trees, taking supper or some other refreshment, and listening to the music. It was extremely pretty, and the whole
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 13: (search)
of it. I am much struck by what you say about Francis Newman and his Phases of Faith; the more so, because only the Sunday before your letter came, I read a book, by William Rathbone Greg, called The Creed of Christendom, to which your account of Newman's could be applied verbatim. It came to me from the author. . . . It is a formidable book, not too long to be popular,—a small 8vo,— nor too learned, but logical, fair-minded, and well written. . . . . He takes ground similar to that of Strauss and Theodore Parker, but still is original to a certain degree. He draws heavily on the Germans, with whom he is evidently at home, and to whom he owes much. . . . . Kindest regards to Lady Head from all of us. Yours faithfully, G. Ticknor. To Sir Charles Lyell. Boston, June 26, 1852. my dear Lyell,—The postponement of your visit to America till the first of September hardly interferes with our satisfaction at the prospect of it, because we cannot, without sacrificing much of<
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), chapter 30 (search)
orge, II. 149. Sternberg, Baron, Ungern, I. 460, 483. Steuber, II. 6. Stewart, General, I. 381. Stewart, Mrs., Dugald, II. 164. Stilrz, of St. Florian, II. 25, 26, 27. Stirling, William Sir William Stirling Maxwell), II. 271, 322, 323, 363, 364, 365, 368, 309, 378. Stockmar, Baron, II. 179. Stokes, .11. 176. Stolberg, Countess, I. 125. Stolberg, Leopold, T. 125. Storey, C. W., II 445 note. Story, Joseph, Judge, T. 40, 316 note, 339, 340, 361; letter to, 392. Strauss, J., II. 5. Stroganoff, Count, I. 462, 464, 465, 468, 491. Stroganoff. Countess, I. 462, 486, 487. Strutt, Hon J. W., II. 482. Stuart, Abbe, II. 80, 82. Stuart de Rothesay, Lord, II. 64. Stuart, Lady, Dudley, I. 446 and note. See Bonaparte, Christine. Stuart, Lord, Dudley, I. 446 and note. Sturgis, II. P., II. 445 note. Sturgis, Russell, II. 390. Subaltern, by Gleig, I. 380. Sulivan, Miss, II. 482. Sullivan, Richard, I. 12. Sullivan, William, I. 9, 11, 12,