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George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 5: (search)
Gottingen till the close of 1816. German literature. German metaphysics. anecdotes of Blumenbach and Wolf. Leipsic. Dresden. Berlin. Weimar. visit to Goethe. receives the offer of the Professorship of French and Spanish literature at Harvainute study of them, and writing full descriptions of them in his journal. He devotes nearly a volume of it to Leipsic, Dresden, and Berlin, having given a fortnight to Dresden, a week each to Leipsic and Berlin, and the rest of the time to WittenbDresden, a week each to Leipsic and Berlin, and the rest of the time to Wittenberg, Halle, Weimar, Jena, Gotha, etc. They returned to Gottingen, November 5. To Edward T. Channing. Leipsic, September, 17, 1816. . . . . Leipsic is a very remarkable place, and presents itself to everybody who comes with a judicious acquainYankee friend, Geo. Journal. September 22.—In the afternoon we went through the gallery of pictures which has made Dresden so famous through the world; and, though I had read the admiration of Lessing, Herder, and Winckelmann, it surpassed my
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 8: (search)
ages of Asia. . . . . He is now infirm, though not very old; gentle and kind in his manners; living rather retired for a public minister, though with a kind of hospitality that in his hands takes the form of Eastern luxury. At his dinners, when I was there, there was either fashion or splendor, which he did not seem much to enjoy, . . . . .or else a simply learned meeting of a few friends he knew well, . . . .such as Fea, the head of the Roman antiquaries, Ackerbladt the Swede, Wiegel from Dresden, etc., which was more pleasant than any society of the sort in Rome. The Portuguese had, the greater part of the winter, a splendid representation here . . . . . Count Funchal . . . . is now, at the age of sixty, a dignified representative of his government. As he is ambassador, and therefore the very sovereign present, besides being rich, there is a state and magnificence in his house such as I have not seen anywhere else. . . . . Where it is not necessary for him to play the king, he
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 22: (search)
iced English clergyman, has become a poor, fervent Catholic priest; and yet is a man of much talent and learning, who greatly distinguished himself at Cambridge. At the end of our talk he invited us to visit him at Althorp, any time after December 1, which is the earliest period he can be there himself, and I was very sorry to be obliged to decline. I should revel in that magnificent library and most beautiful establishment. But we cannot go. It is time already that we were on our way to Dresden. The dinner to-day was in greater state than we have yet seen it; that is, there was a greater show of plate, five gilt silver cups, as they are called, but really massive vases of elaborate workmanship, ornamenting the centre of the table and three more the sideboard, the whole being prizes won by the family race-horses. . . . In the evening we looked over a good many of Lord Fitzwilliam's curious black-letter books, and Lord Spencer told us so much about Althorp, that I was very gla
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 23: (search)
Brussels.-Bonn. Weimar. winter in Dresden. intellectual and social resources. Tieck. of October, with intent to pass the winter in Dresden, the first point of pause on the Continent wa the day before her burial. And now, here in Dresden, the first letter I opened, on my arrival thi very neat, lively square, the pleasantest in Dresden, near the palace and the theatre. . . . As to according to a fashion I find very common in Dresden; the entertainment, tea, ices, fruit, etc., we King asked me how long I meant to remain in Dresden, said he hoped I should find it agreeable, etf a Parisian salon than any I have been in at Dresden. There were about twenty people there to-nigian family, but who is settled and married in Dresden. He has published some translations of old E for the very few foreigners who then visited Dresden. No other American family was there that yeaof Saxony and the principal foreigners now in Dresden, all in full dress. It was a fine show in a [1 more...]
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 25: (search)
Savigny. Bohemia. Schloss Tetschen. Prague. A journey from Dresden to Berlin, and back again, was a very different undertaking in 183a little girl of fifteen desperately in love with him. I saw it in Dresden, and thought it disgusting; and did not wonder that Mrs. Austin, iriking to one who has just come, as we have, from the quietness of Dresden. Its external appearance is greatly changed since I was here abouy, Mr. Ticknor and his family left Berlin, and on the 31st reached Dresden. As we drove through its well-known, friendly streets, it seeme everything appear to us. As we intended only to pass the night in Dresden, I went out immediately to see Tieck, whom I had promised to see auch inquiries to Count von Thun—Hohenstein, who frequently came to Dresden, and on whom Mr. Ticknor called when next he arrived. The Count sf the family in that neighborhood. Both of them, as I was told in Dresden, are rather uncommon persons; the first remarkable for his knowled
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), chapter 26 (search)
412. Diederichstein, Baroness, 471. D'Israeli, I., 62. Dissen, Professor, 70, 95, 115, 121. D'Ivernois, Sir, Francis, 153, 155. Don, General, Sir George, 235 and note. Don Quixote, 186, 223. Douglas, Lady, 180. Downie, Sir, John, 238, 240, 241. Downshire, Dowager-Marchioness of, 258, 295, 296. Downshire, Marquess of, 296. Doyle, Francis Hastings, 447. Doyle, Miss, 447. Doyle, Sir, Francis, 442, 446, 447. Draveil Chateau, visits, 146-148. Dresden Gallery, 109, 468. Dresden, visits, 109, 456-489. Drew, Mrs., 180. Dublin, visits, 419. Dumont, M., 154, 430. Dundas, Dr., 440, 444. Duras, Duc de, 253. Duras, Duchesse de, 253, 254, 255 and note, 256, 258-23, 304. Duval, Judge, 39. Dwight, Miss, Anna, 398. Dwight, Miss, Catherine, death of, 456. E Ebrington, Viscount and Viscountess, 269. Eckhardstein, Baron, 177. Edgeworth, Miss, Honora, 427. Edgeworth, Miss, Maria, letter from, 388; opinion of Mr. Ticknor, 392; visit to, 426-432, 446, 458