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Norway (Norway) (search for this): chapter 15
inscriptions have been printed in Winged Words on Chantrey's Woodcocks, edited by James Patrick Muirhead, M. A., with etchings. London: John Murray. 1857. A copy of the volume is in the Boston Public Library. Only a few of the seventeen, as copied by Sumner, are given here; in some instances they differ from Mr. Muirhead's version. Vixerunt, vivunt, O vis quanta entis! eadem Ad vitam reduces qua periere manu! Mr. Children, F. R.S. This last is quite epigrammatic. We fled from Norway o'er the German wave, And pilgrims here we found an early grave; Hard fate was ours; for here, at Holkham farm, We deem'd the stranger had been safe from harm. But Heav'n consol'd us with our victor's name, And he that slew us gave us deathless fame! W. G. Cookesley, a Master at Eton. I like the versification of these very much. Let passing sportsmen hail the favor'd spot Where fell two woodcocks at a single shot; Fell by a hand for different deeds more known, Imparting grace and brea
Northumberland County (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
. 21, 1838, to pass Sunday at Harrow, and see the school and church; and later renewed the invitation. the Recorder of Newcastle (he is no relative of Mr. Wilkinson, Judge S.'s correspondent). Here I rode on horseback with young ladies, visited castles in the neighborhood, listened to hunting stories and the accounts by the ladies of the leaps over hedges and fences which they took in pursuit of the fox; and then passed on to Oakwood, the seat of C. Blackett, Esq., the M. P. for the County of Northumberland. This is on the Tyne, and is about twelve miles from Newcastle. After passing a couple of days here, I shall go to Archdeacon Scott's, in Northumberland, on his urgent invitation to shoot grouse. The sport of shooting with a distinguished clergyman, who assured me that he had the best moors in all England, and his interesting conversation, have tempted me to this visit. Scott is an old friend of Parr and Home Tooke, and is one of the dramatis persono; intended in the colloquies
Northumberland County (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
Dionysius Lardner, 1793-1859. After his escapade in 1840, he came to the United States, and delivered lectures until 1845, when he took up his residence in Paris. My present arrangements are to pass from here to Harperley Park, the seat of a retired barrister of fortune; then to Auckland Castle, the seat of the Bishop of Durham, and, as you well know, one of the great feudal residences of England; then to the seat of Mr. Blackett, Christopher Blackett. the member for the County of Northumberland; and probably then to Lord Brougham's and the Lakes. My friend at Harperley Park has invited me particularly to shoot grouse on his moors. You will understand that all these places are very near each other. I must take another look at that time-worn priory, standing on a jutting rock, with the lighthouse close by, and then to bed. As ever, your affectionate friend, Charles Sumner. To George S. Hillard. Oakwood, Sept. 2, 1838. My dear Hillard,—Yours of several dates, Ju
Westmoreland (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
o the ceiling. Mrs. Brown, the mother of my friend, looks very much like her brother, Lord Jeffrey. I find myself so much engaged by the hospitalities of my friends that I shall not get back to town till Nov. 1, in order to sit out the next Michaelmas Term. As ever, affectionately yours, Chas. Sumner. To Judge Story. Lanfire House, Sept. 28, 1838. my dear Judge,—Your double-sheeter of Aug. 11 saluted me at Lord Brougham's breakfast-table, at Brougham Hall, in the mountains of Westmoreland. I read it with deep interest at the time, and have carried it with me, reading it anew at every resting-place. I have just read it over, and again feel thankful that you devoted so much time to me. In all my present happiness a letter from a friend comes to gild my joy. Let me first answer the matters suggested by your letter. I will examine Lord Hale's manuscript, and will have a copy taken only in the event that I find it contains views and arguments which I think important in illus
Abbotsford (Canada) (search for this): chapter 15
o Mr. Marshall's, &c.; then to Melrose, near Abbotsford, on a visit to Sir David Brewster. I cannote, and returned home when Scott was building Abbotsford. His friends were charmed with his wit and the country. What think you of a visit to Abbotsford? I have seen this confused pile,— a folly m had not seen the baronial seats of England, Abbotsford might appear large and interesting in an arce not in keeping with a house of the size of Abbotsford. I hear much said of the injudiciousness s. This sheet is enriched by a picture of Abbotsford and of Melrose Abbey. I hope that you know of Scott must have made you acquainted with Abbotsford; and Melrose Abbey is the scene of his earlis if stirred by a trumpet. I have visited Abbotsford, and seen those towers which you may see in all his fortune was of course incompetent? Abbotsford looks well enough in a picture; perhaps it ws to you the littleness of every thing about Abbotsford. Melrose is a beautiful ruin. I passed two[1 more...]
Haydon Bridge (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 15
r the occasion, and weighed down by heavy shoes, went on the fells and moors in his neighborhood to shoot grouse and partridges. Our dog started several coveys; but my gun missed, as also did that of the dignitary of the Church, and I contented myself with peppering to death a poor hare! I am no Nimrod,—as you well know,—though my parson is, and I can well bear the mortification of an empty game-bag in such company. Archdeacon T. H. Scott wrote, Feb. 5, 1839, from Whitfield Rectory, Haydon Bridge, Northutmberlarnd: If you received any pleasure here, either in shooting at grouse or in killing a hare, I do assure you the pleasure I enjoyed in your company, when you were kind enough to favor a poor mountain curate with a visit, was as great. I not only yield to you as a matter of courtesy, being my guest, the important question as to who killed the hare, but I have another reason for doing so. For the first time, I believe, in the Annals of the Parish since it was granted by Ada, C
Alpine, Ga. (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
. Since I commenced this letter, I have passed through Loch Lomond and Loch Katrine, the pictures of which will give an added value to this sheet. I have been rowed by moonlight on this last beautiful lake,—a distance of ten miles,—while Ben Lomond towered in the distance; and, by the light of day, have visited the island of the Lady of the Lake; have seen the spot where Fitz James wound his horn, after his gallant grey had sunk exhausted to the ground; have followed his course beyond Clan-Alpine's outmost guard, as far as Coilantogle's ford. And now I am on the rock of Stirling,—one of those natural fastnesses which, in early days, were so much regarded by all soldiers. Among the adventures which I have had in the Highlands, amidst these weird hills and glassy lakes, was a Highland wedding. Let me tell you of this on my return. It was one of the richest scenes I ever enjoyed; and I was a kind of Guy Mannering in the whole affair. I have long wished to write you of Edinburgh <
Chatsworth (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
I wish we could remove it to our city. In every thing else we have immeasurably outstripped the English town, which numbers about thirteen thousand people, and has all the air of a provincial place. There is a windmill, which, with its broad vans, is so like that which once stood at the South End, that I would have sworn to its identity. Holkham House, Murray's Handbook,—Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire,—pp. 254-261. Nov. 2, 1838. This house has not the fresh magnificence of Chatsworth (the princely residence of the Duke of Devonshire), the feudal air of Raby and Auckland castles, or the grand front of Wentworth; but it seems to me to blend more magnificence and comfort, and to hold a more complete collection of interesting things, whether antiques, pictures, or manuscripts, than any seat I have visited. The entrance hall is the noblest I have ever seen; and the suite of apartments is the best arranged for show and comfort that can be imagined. With the doors open, yo
Newcastle, Me. (Maine, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
vited me to visit the British Association at Newcastle as his guest, offering to me apartments in t, and also at his seat, about ten miles from Newcastle. I cannot describe to you the heartiness of is here on a visit to her sister married in Newcastle; Dr. Lardner seems a coxcomb and pertinaciouf several dates, July 23 and 27, found me at Newcastle. Glad was I, even in that feast of wise menin a century ago people could have gone from Newcastle to London. It was, therefore, with great saon would not merely travel from Liverpool to Newcastle, and from Newcastle to Birmingham, but have Philadelphia, and from Philadelphia back to Newcastle? Then, indeed, they would have an alliance is learned friends (loud applause)?] From Newcastle I went in the coach of the Bishop of Durham ater renewed the invitation. the Recorder of Newcastle (he is no relative of Mr. Wilkinson, Judge S on the Tyne, and is about twelve miles from Newcastle. After passing a couple of days here, I sha[1 more...]
Melrose (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
ass to Brougham Hall; then to Mr. Marshall's, &c.; then to Melrose, near Abbotsford, on a visit to Sir David Brewster. I canth and Southey, and then pass on to Sir David Brewster, at Melrose. As ever, most affectionately your friend, Chas. Sumne yours, Chas. Sumner. To George S. Hillard. Allerly, Melrose, Sept. 12, 1838. again, my dear Hillard,—I am now the gspent the whole of to-day in rambling with Sir David about Melrose, noting all the spots hallowed by Scott's friendship or geoysters and port wine; and assured me that Scott never saw Melrose by moonlight during all his life: and Sir David added that the Tweed, and under the very shadow of Branksome Hall to Melrose, where I now am under the hospitable roof of one of the ab With the Eildon Hills staring into your windows, and old Melrose full in sight, could you sleep? I wish that you could enjss to you the littleness of every thing about Abbotsford. Melrose is a beautiful ruin. I passed two days with Sir David Bre
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