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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, John Greenleaf Whittier, Index. (search)
United States Senate, 44; Sumner elected to, 45. V. Van Buren, Martin, 68. Vaudois Teacher, the, 166-168. Ventura, Father, 88. Vere, Aubrey de, 36. Vermont, 35. Villager, the, 87. Virginia, 157. W. Waldensian Synod, 166. Ward, Mrs. E. S. P., acquaintance with Whittier, 112. Wardwell, Lydia, 85. Warner, C. D., 178. Washburn, E. A., 97. Washington, D. C., 26, 48, 99, 171. Wasson, David A., his opinion of Whittier, 153, 154. Webster, Daniel, 6, 58, 156. Webster, Ezekiel, 58. Weld, Theodore, D., 115. Wendell, Ann E., 171; Whittier's letter to, 81, 172. Wendell, Professor, Barrett, his Literary History of America, quoted, 96. West Amesbury, Mass., 45. Wheelwright, Rev., John, 84. White Mountains, the, 174, 179. Whitman, Walt, 106. Whitson, Thomas, 53. Whittier, Elizabeth Hussey, 57; her poetic gifts, 31; attends women's antislavery convention, 62; description of, 107,108. Whittier, John (father of poet), 24, 27. Whittier, John Gre
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Life of George Ticknor. (search)
stately. He read constantly, sat up late, and got up early. He talked very gravely and slow, with a falsetto voice. Mr. Webster could imitate him perfectly. He had been in England, he had had a finger in politics, and had been a lieutenant-colonme in Spain with an uncle, who, like himself, was a refugee in the time of the Revolution. About the same time, Mr. Ezekiel Webster, an elder brother of Daniel, a graduate of Dartmouth College, kept a school in Short Street, near my father's house, which was in Essex Street; and my father, thinking Mr. Webster might know more Greek than he did, sent me to him at private hours, to read Homer's Iliad. It was a mistake. I very soon found out that Mr. Webster knew less Greek than my father, aMr. Webster knew less Greek than my father, and could teach me nothing. But I did not tell of this. I read about half the Iliad with him, much amused by the original, and more with Pope, of which I read the whole. At Hanover, from 1805 to 1807, I was in Dartmouth College. One main reason
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), chapter 26 (search)
shington, Judge, 38. Washington, visits, 26, 38, 346, 349, 380– 382. Waterloo, battle of, 60, 62, 64, 65. Waterloo, visits, 452, 453. Waterton, Charles, 439. Watertown, 385. Watzdorff, General von, 458, 491. Watzdorff, Mlle. de, 467. Webster, Daniel, 5, 123 note, 316 and note, 317, 328, 339, 340, 345, 346, 348, 350, 361, 381, 382, 386, 37, 391, 396, 409; Plymouth Oration, 329, 330; letter to, 370; eulogy on Ex-Presidents, 377, 378; works reviewed by G. T., 392, 393. Webster, Ezekiel, 7. Webster, Mrs. D., 328, 331, 345; death of, 386. Welcker, Professor, 121, 454. Weld, Isaac, 420, 424, 425. Weimar, visits, 113. Wellesley, Lady, Georgina, 189, 211, 306. Wellesley, Sir Henry (Lord Cowley), 188, 189, 209, 295. Wellington, Duke of, 62, 64, 65, 296. Wells, Samuel, 143. Wells, William, 8. Wentworth House, visits, 440-445. Werther, Goethe's, G. T. translates, 12. West, Benjamin, 63. West, Mr., 14. West Point, G. T Visitor to the Academy, 372; Exa
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), chapter 30 (search)
G. T., I. 397, II, 174, 208, 227, 291. See Dexter, Mrs. W. S. Ticknor, George:— 1791 Born August 1, in Boston, I. 1. 1801. Examined for Dartmouth College and admitted, 6. 1803-5. Studying French and Spanish with Mr. Sales and Greek with Mr. E. Webster, 7. 1805-7. At Dartmouth College, 7. 1807-10. Studying Greek and Latin with Dr. Gardiner, 8, 9. 1810-13. Studying law with Mr. W. Sullivan, 9; admitted to the bar, practises one year, 9-11. 1814-15. Abandons the law and prepares, by study64, 265, 266 and note, 278; Plymouth Oration, I. 329, 330; eulogy on Ex-Presidents, 377, 378; works reviewed by G. T., 392, 393; letters to, 370, 11. 272; death and funeral of, 283 and note, 284, 436; G. T. literary executor of, 284 note. Webster, Ezekiel, I. 7. Webster, Mrs., Daniel, I. 328, 331. Weimar, visits, I. 113. Welcker, Professor, I. 121, 454, II. 101, 325, 328. Weld, Isaac, I. 420, 424, 425. Weld, Mr., II. 165. Wellesley, Lady, Georgina, I. 189, 211, 306. Wellesley, Si