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Walter Scott (search for this): chapter 25
most of its members,—who spoke of being in want of a subject for reading, asked him what book was interesting him, and, putting his hand on a volume of the Life of Scott, Mr. Ticknor said he was reading that for the fourth time; and then went on to speak of the biographies which make our knowledge of the history of English literatu of his life, and he often said, as he laid it down, that it seemed to him as fresh and interesting as in the first of his several readings of it. With the Life of Scott he continued occupied until the last, having just reached the concluding volume when his strength failed, and even then desiring to have it read to him, thus linking his last hours with those of the friend and the object of admiration of his early days. Scott, Southey, and so on, and the memoirs are so rich. With Mr. Charles Francis Adams, who visited him that evening, he had a most spirited and agreeable conversation, in the course of which he expatiated, with more force and terseness of
Robert Southey (search for this): chapter 25
peak of the biographies which make our knowledge of the history of English literature, for the half-century or more that opened with Dr. Johnson, more complete than for any other period, possibly in any literature. Take Boswell, he said, then Southey's Cowper, the lives of Mackintosh, This memoir had a particular charm for Mr. Ticknor in the last months of his life, and he often said, as he laid it down, that it seemed to him as fresh and interesting as in the first of his several readincupied until the last, having just reached the concluding volume when his strength failed, and even then desiring to have it read to him, thus linking his last hours with those of the friend and the object of admiration of his early days. Scott, Southey, and so on, and the memoirs are so rich. With Mr. Charles Francis Adams, who visited him that evening, he had a most spirited and agreeable conversation, in the course of which he expatiated, with more force and terseness of expression than u
Jefferson Coolidge (search for this): chapter 25
his library, surrounded by the treasures he had so faithfully used, he thoroughly enjoyed the leisure which permitted him to choose from among them those best suited to the taste and humor of the moment. He caused the words Libris semper amicis to be inscribed on the base of a little statuette of him, made by Martin Milmore as a compliment and expression of gratitude. New Year's Day, 1871, fell on Sunday, but he had some visitors with whom he talked with his former animation. Mr. Jefferson Coolidge,—a member of the Friday Club, though much younger than most of its members,—who spoke of being in want of a subject for reading, asked him what book was interesting him, and, putting his hand on a volume of the Life of Scott, Mr. Ticknor said he was reading that for the fourth time; and then went on to speak of the biographies which make our knowledge of the history of English literature, for the half-century or more that opened with Dr. Johnson, more complete than for any other peri
Samuel Johnson (search for this): chapter 25
lked with his former animation. Mr. Jefferson Coolidge,—a member of the Friday Club, though much younger than most of its members,—who spoke of being in want of a subject for reading, asked him what book was interesting him, and, putting his hand on a volume of the Life of Scott, Mr. Ticknor said he was reading that for the fourth time; and then went on to speak of the biographies which make our knowledge of the history of English literature, for the half-century or more that opened with Dr. Johnson, more complete than for any other period, possibly in any literature. Take Boswell, he said, then Southey's Cowper, the lives of Mackintosh, This memoir had a particular charm for Mr. Ticknor in the last months of his life, and he often said, as he laid it down, that it seemed to him as fresh and interesting as in the first of his several readings of it. With the Life of Scott he continued occupied until the last, having just reached the concluding volume when his strength failed,
J. P. Bigelow (search for this): chapter 25
m the greetings of the season, and he dined with his children and grandchildren, who came to keep the little festival with him. But on the third day of the year there was an obvious change in his condition, and the first signs of paralysis—though slight and almost doubtful —showed themselves. So gradual was the progress of disease, that for some days he still saw his friends, and still left his bedroom for a part of the day, his mind and his speech not being at all affected. His friend, Dr. Bigelow, though older than himself, took a share in the medical charge of his case, and made him daily visits, in which their former habits of humorous discussion still continued; and once, after the patient was confined to bed, the two old classicists were heard quoting Greek together, à l'envi l'un de l'autre. Mr. George Ticknor Curtis, who came from New York to see his uncle, having at this time asked for and obtained from him a copy of one of his early productions,—the Life of Lafayette,
James Boswell (search for this): chapter 25
ough much younger than most of its members,—who spoke of being in want of a subject for reading, asked him what book was interesting him, and, putting his hand on a volume of the Life of Scott, Mr. Ticknor said he was reading that for the fourth time; and then went on to speak of the biographies which make our knowledge of the history of English literature, for the half-century or more that opened with Dr. Johnson, more complete than for any other period, possibly in any literature. Take Boswell, he said, then Southey's Cowper, the lives of Mackintosh, This memoir had a particular charm for Mr. Ticknor in the last months of his life, and he often said, as he laid it down, that it seemed to him as fresh and interesting as in the first of his several readings of it. With the Life of Scott he continued occupied until the last, having just reached the concluding volume when his strength failed, and even then desiring to have it read to him, thus linking his last hours with those of
George Ticknor (search for this): chapter 25
Chapter 25: Conclusion. On the 1st of August, 1870, Mr. Ticknor entered his eightieth year. He was feeble, but free fro and, putting his hand on a volume of the Life of Scott, Mr. Ticknor said he was reading that for the fourth time; and then wf Mackintosh, This memoir had a particular charm for Mr. Ticknor in the last months of his life, and he often said, as hetic of the honest exactness in matters of fact for which Mr. Ticknor was always marked. He desired Mr. Curtis to turn to a pavoid too much eulogy. Taking up the consideration of Mr. Ticknor's character at the period of his first return from Europrson receiving it had any further opportunity of testing Mr. Ticknor's character and bearing. His special mental gifts, a want of scholarship to place it well before the world. Mr. Ticknor felt this want; but before he sought to supply it abroad who, like his parents and grandparents, was familiar in Mr. Ticknor's house, showed his father a passage in Cicero's De Sene
James Mackintosh (search for this): chapter 25
f being in want of a subject for reading, asked him what book was interesting him, and, putting his hand on a volume of the Life of Scott, Mr. Ticknor said he was reading that for the fourth time; and then went on to speak of the biographies which make our knowledge of the history of English literature, for the half-century or more that opened with Dr. Johnson, more complete than for any other period, possibly in any literature. Take Boswell, he said, then Southey's Cowper, the lives of Mackintosh, This memoir had a particular charm for Mr. Ticknor in the last months of his life, and he often said, as he laid it down, that it seemed to him as fresh and interesting as in the first of his several readings of it. With the Life of Scott he continued occupied until the last, having just reached the concluding volume when his strength failed, and even then desiring to have it read to him, thus linking his last hours with those of the friend and the object of admiration of his early da
George Ticknor Curtis (search for this): chapter 25
se, and made him daily visits, in which their former habits of humorous discussion still continued; and once, after the patient was confined to bed, the two old classicists were heard quoting Greek together, à l'envi l'un de l'autre. Mr. George Ticknor Curtis, who came from New York to see his uncle, having at this time asked for and obtained from him a copy of one of his early productions,—the Life of Lafayette,–received a caution about it, very characteristic of the honest exactness in matters of fact for which Mr. Ticknor was always marked. He desired Mr. Curtis to turn to a passage in which he had made the statement that the Duke of Orleans (Égalite) was on the staircase at Versailles when it was invaded by the mob, and Louis XVI. and his Queen were carried to Paris. I wish you, he said, to take notice, and to remember that this statement is not true. When I wrote and printed it, it was an accepted fact in the history of the time, believed all over Europe then, and for a l<
Thomas Jefferson (search for this): chapter 25
ure to rest on some moral ground. He was not disposed to be satirical, though he was sometimes stern, and his principle was always to weigh his judgments carefully and to be just. If, however, he had noted a fact in the career or the character of a man which distinctly indicated a moral want in his nature, he never forgot it. The welcome he received, before he attained his majority, among the clever men of his own community,—lawyers, preachers, and merchants who had seen the world; Mr. Jefferson's approbation of him as a representative of American youth, shown by his voluntary offer of letters of introduction for Europe; Madame de Stael's determination, after her children had seen him enough to describe him to her, that she would see him whether her physicians gave permission or not,—are but the early signs of the attraction and resources he bore about him. His early experience of society in Paris and London was calculated to ingraft on the somewhat grave and formal courtesy of
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