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George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 8: (search)
ntellect in London, which is all open to him, and who knows that he is happier than he could be made by an Indian income bought by ten years more absence from home. Felix qui potuit. The party to-day consisted of Empson; Richardson, so much mentioned by Lockhart as Scott's friend; Mackenzie, son of the Man, of Feeling, long Secretary-General in India; Phillips, Thomas J. Phillips, mentioned in Vol. I. p. 443. the barrister; Murchison, the man of fashion and the great geologist; Professor Wilson, of the London University; Colonel Leake, the Greek traveller; and Wilkinson, the Egyptian traveller. We sat at a round table, just ten of us, and the service of plate, given to Mr. Elphinstone when he left Bombay, which covered the table so that the cloth could hardly be seen, was one of the richest and most tasteful I ever looked upon. There was not a person whom I met there to-day that was not a remarkable man,—remarkable by his culture and accomplishments, and by the considerati
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 9: (search)
Meg Dods, of St. Ronan's Well, a personage well worthy of her reputation. Her real name is Mistress Wilson. . . . . We arrived at Edinburgh about noon . . . . I was desirous to see Napier, the edd at Lord Fullerton's, where we met Thomson and his wife, Graham, Sir William and Lady Hamilton, Wilson, and two or three others. Lord Fullerton's wife is a beautiful woman, and so is his eldest daughter; and the dinner was pleasant. The person I was most curious about was Wilson, the successor of Dugald Stewart, and the editor of Blackwood. He answered much to the idea given of him among the re; Mrs. McNeill, wife of the British Ambassador to Persia, whom I knew in London and Vienna; and Wilson, who is her brother, and two or three others. I think it was very like a dinner at home. Certaould reserve for them. The party was small, but very agreeable,—Sir Charles and Lady Bell, Professor Wilson, Sir W. Hamilton, young Mr. Gregory, brother of Mrs. Alison and son of the famous Professor
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 18: (search)
Chapter 18: London. letters to Mrs. Ticknor. Harrow. British Museum reading-room. anecdote of Scott. W. R. Greg. Tocqueille. MacAULAYulay. Wilson. Spanish studies. letter to Mr. Prescott. Due d'aumale. To Mrs. Ticknor. London, July 3, 1857. Dearest wife,—I am here safe in gentle Ellen's Mrs. Twisleton. kind care. I wish I could add that I am easy in my thoughts. . . . . I want to know every hour how you are. I want to seem to do something for you . . . . Ie, with old friends, and talks as fast as ever. . . . . He asked me to dine for Tuesday, but I am engaged, and as he goes out of town in a few days, I may not see him again. He said that he is just upon eighty years old . . . . I dined with Mr. Wilson, a member of Parliament, Financial Secretary of the Treasury, owner, and formerly editor, of the Economist, and the person on whom the government depends in questions of banking and finance. He never reads a book; he gets all his knowledge fr
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), chapter 30 (search)
Williams, Miss, Helen Maria, I. 130, 132, 135, 138. Williams, Mr., Samuel, I. 297 and note. Willis, Mr., of Caius College, I. 436. Wilmot, Mr., I. 411. Wilson, II. 361. Wilson, John, I. 278 and note, II. 163, 164. Wilson, Professor, II. 155. Winckelmann, J. J., I. 178, II. 59. Winder, General, I. 29. WinsorWilson, John, I. 278 and note, II. 163, 164. Wilson, Professor, II. 155. Winckelmann, J. J., I. 178, II. 59. Winder, General, I. 29. Winsor, Justin, II. 318. Winthrop, Hon. Robert C., II. 263, 305, 470. Wirt, William, I 33, 351. Wiseman, Dr. (Cardinal), it. 73, 77, 80. Woburn Abbey, I. 269, 270, II. 466. Wolf. F. A., philologist, I. 105, 106, 107, 112, 114, 124. Wolf, Ferdinand, II. 2, 256 note, 260, 314; letter to, 274. Wolff, Emil, II. 58, 59, Wilson, Professor, II. 155. Winckelmann, J. J., I. 178, II. 59. Winder, General, I. 29. Winsor, Justin, II. 318. Winthrop, Hon. Robert C., II. 263, 305, 470. Wirt, William, I 33, 351. Wiseman, Dr. (Cardinal), it. 73, 77, 80. Woburn Abbey, I. 269, 270, II. 466. Wolf. F. A., philologist, I. 105, 106, 107, 112, 114, 124. Wolf, Ferdinand, II. 2, 256 note, 260, 314; letter to, 274. Wolff, Emil, II. 58, 59, 84. Woodbury, L., T. 381. Woods' Hole, visits, II. 187, 196. Woodward, Mrs., I 4, 7, 273, 276. Woodward, Professor, I. 6. Woodward, William H., I. 4, 7, 250. Wordsworth, Miss, I. 287, 432. Wordsworth, Mrs., I. 287, 432, II. 167. Wordsworth, William, I. 287, 288, 411, 432, 433, 434, II. 85, 86, 97, 98, 99, 167. W