hide Matching Documents

Browsing named entities in George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard). You can also browse the collection for Lombardy (Italy) or search for Lombardy (Italy) in all documents.

Your search returned 5 results in 5 document sections:

George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 2: (search)
t. As the twilight closed in, it was grand and impressive indeed; the lights at two or three altars, and the humble worshippers before them, adding not a little to its power. October 8.—Again I passed the morning in inquiries about the cholera and cordons, . . . . with the general conclusion which I came to at Turin, that Castel Franco, between Modena and Bologna, is the best place for us to undergo the quarantine, without which neither Florence nor Rome can be reached. The governor of Lombardy was very civil to me, and showed me all the documents relating to the subject, . . . . and from looking them over I have no doubt the cholera has nearly disappeared from every part of Italy. . . . . The Roman Consul—a great name for a very small personage —was also very good-natured, and showed me whatever I wanted to see. But neither of them gave me any hope that the cordons will be removed at present, and the governor talked of the Duke of Modena and of the Pope in a way that hardly becam<
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 5: (search)
[one of the daughters]; Mad. Arconati [another daughter], always intellectual and agreeable; and several of the friends and relations of Count Confalonieri; and I had a very pleasant visit of one or two hours. June 10.—. . . . One morning Mad. Arconati, with her brother, the Marquis Trotti, and two or three other persons, took us out to an old and deserted villa of the Marquis Trotti, and showed us there a very large establishment for raising silk-worms, the great staple of this part of Lombardy . . . . . . . . Two evenings we spent at Manzoni's, whose house is the only one in Milan, I am told, where society is freely received. His wife was ill, and we did not see her, but his venerable mother was there, his daughters, and a few of his friends, the Casatis, Baron Trechi, and some others. Among them was one of Confalonieri's brothers, whom I met at Prince Metternich's last summer. Both evenings were very agreeable, for it was impossible not to feel that the people were kind an
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 6: (search)
fully and exactly possessed of details that are almost unknown even in Paris, and some of which Confalonieri himself learnt only from me, that I have thought I would write it out in full. It is strongly illustrative of the way in which things are managed, not only in France, but by other governments in Europe; and I dare say no proper account of it will ever be published, and the whole truth will never be known. Count Confalonieri, belonging to one of the first and richest families in Lombardy, was, by his position in society, by his talents, by the nobleness of his character, and by his personal relations throughout Europe, not only one of the most prominent persons in Italy, but altogether the first and most important of the victims of Austria in 1821. When in the United States he wrote to his old friend, the Duke de Broglie, then Minister for Foreign Affairs to Louis Philippe, to inquire whether his presence in France would be unwelcome to the government. The Duke––who told
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 17: (search)
ttle touch of cold weather, but the roses are still in full blow, and so are the cactuses, and other southern plants, in great numbers on the Pincio. We had a week of full moon at Venice,—including the eclipse, and enjoyed our open gondola on the Grand Canal, which was filled with Bacarole choruses till after midnight nearly every night we were there, a thing to be had nowhere else in the world. At Verona I stopped a day, chiefly in order to see Count Frederic Thun, the civil Viceroy of Lombardy and Venice, as Radetzky is the military; neither having the title, but all the power. . . . . In Milan I found friends old and new, and occupation enough for the five days we stopped there. And then such a journey as we had for seven days to Florence; not a cloud in the sky, so to speak; no wind, no heat, no cold, no dust; the carriage always open, and breathing and living a pleasure in such an atmosphere. We paused at Piacenza, Pavia, Modena, and Bologna, so that the ladies could see
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Appendix C: (search)
1816.Mineralogical Society of Jena. 1818.Royal Academy of History, Madrid. 1821.American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston. 1821.American Academy of Languages and Belles-Lettres, Boston. 1825.Columbian Institute, Washington, D. C. 1828.American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia 1832.Royal Patriotic Society, Havana. 1833.Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston. 1845.American Ethnological Society, New York. 1850.Doctor of Laws, Harvard College, Massachusetts. 1850.Doctor of Laws, Brown University, Rhode Island. 1850.Society of Antiquaries, of London. 1850.Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore. 1857.Institute of Science, Letters, and Arts, of Lombardy. 1858.Doctor of Laws, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire. 1858.Historical Society of Tennessee, Nashville. 1864.Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. 1866.Numismatic and Antiquarian Society, Philadelphia. 1866.Doctor Literarum Humaniorum, Regents of the University of the State of New York, Albany.