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George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard) 5 3 Browse Search
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George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 9: (search)
nduct of his wife for above seven years, at the end of which time she proved to be insane. . . . . We dined with our friends the Edward Villiers', where we always enjoy ourselves, and where we always meet remarkable people. Today there was a Mr. Lewis, Afterwards Sir George Cornewall Lewis. evidently a very scholar-like person; Sir Edmund Head; Henry Taylor, the poet; and Mr. Stephen, Afterwards Sir James Stephen. the real head of the Colonial Office, an uncommon man, son of WilberforSir George Cornewall Lewis. evidently a very scholar-like person; Sir Edmund Head; Henry Taylor, the poet; and Mr. Stephen, Afterwards Sir James Stephen. the real head of the Colonial Office, an uncommon man, son of Wilberforce's brother-in-law, the author of War in Disguise. He is, I apprehend, very orthodox, and, what is better, very conscientious. He told me that his father wrote the Frauds of Neutral Flags—which so annoyed us Americans, and brought out Mr. Madison in replywholly from the relations of the subject to the slave-trade; his purpose being to resist all attempts on our part, or on the part of any other nation, to stop the English right—or practice—of search, because without that he was persuaded the <
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 23: (search)
t think my opinion is worth much until I get rid of the lumbago. When I do, perhaps I shall enlist,—perhaps not. . . . . To Sir Edmund Head. Boston, May 12, 1863. my dear Head,—You have met with a great loss, By the death of Sir George Cornewall Lewis. and I cannot refuse myself the gratification of telling you that I sympathize with you very sincerely. I have just been reading the remarks in the House of Commons by Mr. Walpole and Mr. Disraeli, on the loss sustained by the nation; nd to do it still more hereafter, in order partly to balance my present obligation. Yours very faithfully, Geo. Ticknor. To Sir Edmund Head. Boston, April 20, 1864. my dear Head,—. . . . As soon as I received Sir George's book Sir G. C. Lewis. about the Administrations, 1783-1830, I read the first article, which is largely about American affairs; and as I went on, I kept saying to myself, He ought to have been a judge, he ought to have been Lord Chancellor. Nothing in the way of<