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saloon we found three or four gentlemen waiting, and among the rest Naumann, whom I met at Baron Lerchenfeld's yesterday. Coffee was served, . . . . and general conversation followed. The Prince sat down in the window, and, taking up Lord Melbourne's trial, seemed to lose all consciousness of anything else. The Princess showed me the pictures in the saloon and a magnificent porcelain vase, with a portrait of the late Emperor of Austria, presented recently to her husband by the Emperor of Russia. She was very pleasant; but it was now eight o'clock, the company was separating, I had been there five hours, and it was time to go. The Prince was consistently courteous to the last, followed me to the door with kind compliments, and then, turning back, ceased, I dare say, in five minutes, to think or remember anything more about me, as Sancho says, than about the shapes of the last yearns clouds. I take him to be the most consummate statesman of his sort that our time has produced.
Vienna (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
Chapter 1: Vienna. Prince Metternich. Journal. Vienna, June 20, 1836.—This fry-house about four or five English miles from Vienna. I had a letter to him, and he came to see meferent roads, he said, now come from Prague to Vienna, all good, whereas twenty years ago there was tzes are danced alike in Calcutta, Boston, and Vienna—plays two evenings in the week, to the great dpoets,—who, I am sorry to find, is absent from Vienna on a journey,—presented a piece to the censorsremember in Dresden, Forbes, who was Charge in Vienna for some time, and who is perfectly good author, in consequence of which he hastened back to Vienna, avowed himself as the writer, but, to prevent late; I took French leave and hurried back to Vienna, but did not get there till nearly one o'clockere as good wine as he gives to his friends in Vienna. In the midst of this, a secretary came in told me that, as British Charge d'affaires at Vienna, he communicated officially to Metternich the [8 more.
Lisbon, Grafton County, New Hampshire (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
like liberals in Europe, but that it was another thing in America, where the government was democratic, and it was a man's duty to be liberal; and so on, and so on. Other persons came in, and I was presented to the Minister at War, Count Hardegg; the Minister of Police; Bodenhausen, the Minister from Hanover; Steuber, the Minister from Hesse Cassel; and some others whose names I did not catch. I found there, too, Count Bombelles, whom I had known in 1818, as Austrian Charge d'affaires at Lisbon, See Vol. I. pp. 246, 247. and who is now a great man in a very agreeable office here, that of governor of the young archdukes, who are the heirs presumptive, as the Emperor has no children; a sinecure office thus far, since the eldest is not seven years old. He has married an English wife, talks English admirably, and was very agreeable. There were no ladies present except a Russian princess and her daughter. By half past 10 o'clock there were perhaps five-and-twenty persons in the sa
Kassel (Hesse, Germany) (search for this): chapter 1
had told her I was coming, and that she had expected me both the preceding evenings; asked me about Boston, the United States, etc., etc.; said she did not like liberals in Europe, but that it was another thing in America, where the government was democratic, and it was a man's duty to be liberal; and so on, and so on. Other persons came in, and I was presented to the Minister at War, Count Hardegg; the Minister of Police; Bodenhausen, the Minister from Hanover; Steuber, the Minister from Hesse Cassel; and some others whose names I did not catch. I found there, too, Count Bombelles, whom I had known in 1818, as Austrian Charge d'affaires at Lisbon, See Vol. I. pp. 246, 247. and who is now a great man in a very agreeable office here, that of governor of the young archdukes, who are the heirs presumptive, as the Emperor has no children; a sinecure office thus far, since the eldest is not seven years old. He has married an English wife, talks English admirably, and was very agreeab
Dresden, Tenn. (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
still more lively with coffee-houses, puppet-shows, and shows of animals. . . . . But we enjoyed very much the drive into the more picturesque parts, where the deer were browsing undisturbed, and oaks a thousand years old cast their shade upon us, as they had, perchance, in their youth upon the Court of Charlemagne. In some places they were making hay, in others there were preserves of wild birds; and, though it is nowhere more beautiful and nowhere so well kept as the Grosse Garten, near Dresden, it is, by its extent, much grander and finer. . . . . June 23.—In the evening we drove out to Mr. Von Hammer's, at Dobling, Baron von Hammer-Purgstall. where he has a country-house about four or five English miles from Vienna. I had a letter to him, and he came to see me the other day; a very lively, prompt, frank gentleman, of sixty-two years, talking English very well, French and Italian, but famous, as everybody knows, for his knowledge of Oriental languages, and for his great wo
Dresden (Saxony, Germany) (search for this): chapter 1
o long a time, and the poet had the good sense to tell him the truth. The Emperor replied, Well, send me the manuscript, and I will read it. He did so, and the piece was ordered to be represented. But he seldom thus interfered. I remember in Dresden, Forbes, who was Charge in Vienna for some time, and who is perfectly good authority for a story of the sort, told me that the Emperor went one night to see a new piece which pleased him very much, and when it was over, said, Well, now I am glade; the object of the whole being to control and alarm Count Auersperg, as Von Hammer thinks, who told me the entire story. What Prince Metternich—who is a wise statesman—can hope to do with such means, it is not easy to tell. Mr. Krause, of Dresden, told me that in conversation with him, formerly, the Prince illustrated his policy by saying to the great landed proprietor, If on your estates you had, upon that great height that overlooks the Elbe, a vast reservoir of water that you knew eve
Styria (Steiermark, Austria) (search for this): chapter 1
uarrel This quarrel arose from the conduct of Captain Hall, during a visit to the Baroness Purgstall, an aged relative of Von Hammer,—by marriage,—who lived in Styria; and his account of her domestic life in a book entitled Schloss Hainfeld, or a Winter in Styria. The Baroness Purgstall was a native of Scotland, and appears inStyria. The Baroness Purgstall was a native of Scotland, and appears in Lockhart's Life of Scott, under her maiden name, as Miss Cranstoun. Von Hammer, who inherited a portion of her estate, and added the name of Purgstall to his own, published an answer to Captain Hall's work. . . . . I visited, too, Kaltenbaeck, the editor of the Austrian periodical for History and Statistics. He was immersed Captain Hall is a man of talent,—un home d'esprit,—he writes well, but he seems really to have been a little unreasonable in his visit at the old lady's castle in Styria. And again he laughed very heartily. There is nothing more important for a man—he then went on, mero motu suo— than to be reasonable and moderate in
Department de Ville de Paris (France) (search for this): chapter 1
could be easier or more degage than the tone at table. At first, the conversation was mere commonplace gossip. We had good Johannisberg, of course, and the Princess made some jokes about her selling it to the Americans, to which the Prince added, that he had an agent in New York for the purpose, and that we could buy there as good wine as he gives to his friends in Vienna. In the midst of this, a secretary came in and delivered a despatch, that moment received, he said, by express from Paris. The news of the attempt to assassinate Louis Philippe, as he was going to Neuilly, had been received by telegraph a couple of days before, but as nothing had come since, everybody was curious to know the details. The Prince opened his packet at once, but found little news in it, as it was sent off immediately after the event. It contained, however, the name of the assassin, Alibaud, and the fact that he was a native of Nismes, and twenty-five years old; this being all M. d'appony had be
France (France) (search for this): chapter 1
sand individuals in America, and a thousand in France or our old Austria,—notre vieille Autriche, asnger produce great men to manage its affairs. France, on the contrary, has the Revolution behind hekely to take it as if he had never had it. But France, too, wants men of ability; Louis Philippe is they have had for a great while. And then in France there is such a want of stability. On the 7thh twenty-eight Ministers of Foreign Affairs in France. I counted them up the day I had been here twolved. This is very bad for a country like France. France, too, acts badly upon England; and, iFrance, too, acts badly upon England; and, indeed, France and England have always acted badly upon each other, exciting each other to violent cFrance and England have always acted badly upon each other, exciting each other to violent corresponding changes. The influence of France on England since 1830 has been very bad. The affair oFrance on England since 1830 has been very bad. The affair of July, 1830, is called a revolution: it was no such thing; it was a lucky rebellion, which changed ent of uncertainty. The elements of things in France are very bad; there is a great deal of soi-dis
Hungary (Hungary) (search for this): chapter 1
s were out of the collection of an old archbishop of the Valencia family, of the house of Cordova. When I had finished this, . . . . I went to see Prince Metternich. I brought a letter to him from Baron Humboldt; but when I arrived he was in Hungary, from whence he returned yesterday. This morning I received a note from him, saying he would be glad to see me at the Chancery between two and three o'clock. I went, and found it an enormous building, or rather pile of buildings, containing nota fortnight ago she lost her youngest child, about three months old; but so much is her salon a part of the government that she was obliged, only four nights afterwards, to be in her place to receive company. The Prince took her to an estate in Hungary last week, to revive her a little; but here they are again, both of them chained to their oars. June 28.—I made a visit to Mr. Von Hammer in his town-house this morning, where I saw his curious and valuable library of Oriental manuscripts, wh
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