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George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 2: (search)
fferings as a Revolutionary soldier, and you, my dear mother, look down a little on the pet your indulgence has made.— but now I can answer you both. To Mr. E. Ticknor. Richmond, February 1, 1815. You will expect from me some account of Mr. Wickham, and of the Chief Justice of the United States, the first lawyer—if not, indeed, the first man—in the country. You must then imagine before you a man who is tall to awkwardness, with a large head of hair, which looked as if it had not been laf an hour, I had forgotten the carelessness of his dress and person, and observed only the quick intelligence of his eye, and the open interest he discovered in the subjects on which he spoke, by the perpetual variations of his countenance. Mr. Wickham, who has long been at the head of the Virginia bar, was by far too well bred to let me learn anything more of him in the course of a visit of twenty minutes, than that he was an uncommonly courteous, elegant gentleman. Mr. Wirt, who is the au<
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 14: (search)
e should reply to what Sismondi has said of him in his History of the Republics of Italy.. . . . Mr. Ticknor's voyage home in a regular New York packet was prosperous and smooth, occupying but thirty-seven days. It was rendered cheerful and pleasant by the company of William C. Preston, of South Carolina, an admirable fellow, of splendid talent and most eloquent, winning conversation, whom he had already seen at Edinburgh, where Preston was a great favorite with Mrs. Grant; and that of Wickham, of Richmond, Virginia, son of the great lawyer, See ante, p. 33. a young man of fine manners and an unalterable sweetness of temper. These young men, with Professor Griscom, a Quaker chemist of New York, an excellent old gentleman with no small knowledge of the world, bivouacked on the deck around the sofa of Mrs. B., of New York, a beautiful young creature of talent and culture, and all these five, having known each other before, kept themselves apart from the other passengers, and pa
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), chapter 26 (search)
erther, Goethe's, G. T. translates, 12. West, Benjamin, 63. West, Mr., 14. West Point, G. T Visitor to the Academy, 372; Examination, 372-376; visits, 386. Whately, Archbishop, 412 and note, 413– 451. Wheaton, Henry, 494, 496, 499, 501. Wheelock, Dr., President of Dartmouth College, 5, 6. Wheelock, Mrs., 5. Whewell, William, 420, 421, 422. Whishart, Mr., 415. White, Colonel, 373. White, Miss, Lydia, 176. Whitney, inventor of the cotton-gin, 14. Wickham, Jr., 298. Wickham, William, 33. Wieck, Clara (Schumann), 474. Wiegel, 179. Wilberforce, William, 297. Wilde, Mr., 14. Wilkes, John, 55. Wilkes, Miss (Mrs. Jeffrey), 42. Wilkie, Sir, David, 421, 422, 425, 448. 449. William IV., King of England, 409. Williams, Friend, 337 note, 385. Williams, Miss, Helen Maria, 130, 132, 135, 138. Williams, Samuel, 297 and note. Willis, Mr., of Caius College, 436. Wilmot, Mr., 411. Wilson, John, 278 and note. Winckelmann, J. J., 178. Winder, General,
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), chapter 30 (search)
oint, visits, I. 386, II. 282. Wharncliffe, Lord, II. 482. Whately, Archbishop, I. 412 and note, 413, 451. Wheaton, Henry, I. 494, 496, 499, 501. Wheelock, Dr., President of Dartmouth College, I. 5, 6. Wheelock, Mrs., I. 5. Whewell, William, I. 420, 421, 422, II. 152, 153, 156, 157, 176, 384. Whishart, Mr., I. 415. White, Colonel, I. 373. White, Miss, Lydia, I. 176. White Mountains, II. 226-228. Whitney, inventor of the cotton-gin, I. 14. Wickham, Jr., I. 298. Wickham, William, I. 33. Wieck, Clara (Schumann), I. 474. Wiegel, I. 179. Wiffen, Friend B. B., letter to, II. 465. Wight, Isle of, visits, II. 376-378. Wilberforce, William, I. 297. Wilde, Mr., I. 14. Wilde (Q. C.), II. 363. Wilde, R. H., II. 54. Wilkes, John, I. 55. Wilkes, Miss (Mrs. Jeffrey), I. 42. Wilkie, Sir, David, I. 421, 422, 425, 448, 449. Wilkinson, II. 155. Wilkinson, Sir, Gardiner, II. 371. William IV., King of England, I. 409. Williams, Friend, I. 337 no