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George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 13: (search)
America till the first of September hardly interferes with our satisfaction at the prospect of it, because we cannot, without sacrificing much of the benefit of a summer residence in the country, return before the middle or the 20th of that month . . . . . But you must not cut off from the other end; or rather you must in fairness add to the end of your visit what you take off from the beginning. . . . . The Presidential nominations are made, as you know, and the Democratic candidate, General Pierce, will be chosen by a large majority of the electoral votes. . . . . Kossuth is in New York, about to embark for England. His mission here has not turned out better than I predicted to you, in any respect; in some respects not so well. He has injured his dignity by making speeches for money, and he has injured his respectability by issuing Hungarian bonds, as they were called, down to a dollar, to serve as tickets of admission. The whole number of his addresses has been about six h
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 15: (search)
herto done, in order that your absence may be less severely felt. While this question remained unsettled, no time was lost with regard to Mr. Bates's new donations. Mr. Ticknor immediately began personally to collect, from men distinguished in special departments, lists of works on their several subjects, which ought to be on the shelves of a great library, thus getting contributions of much consequence from such men as Professors Agassiz, Bond, Cooke, Felton, Hayward, Holmes, Lovering, Pierce, and Dr. John Ware; from Professor W. B. Rogers and Judge Curtis; from Colonel Thayer of the Army and Captain Goldsborough of the Navy; from engineers and architects, clergymen and men of letters. With these, and with all the bibliographical resources they could command, Mr. Ticknor and Mr. Jewett worked, in Mr. Ticknor's library, for more than two months, Mr. Jewett remaining there eight hours a day, preparing the lists that were to be sent to Mr. Bates. These lists, embracing above forty
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), chapter 30 (search)
rofessor J., I. 422, 437 and note, II. 176. Phillips, Thomas J., I. 443, II. 155. Phillips, Willard, I. 391, II. 489. Piacenza, visits (Placentia), I. 162, II. 338. Picard, William, letter to, 11. 455. Piccolomini, Monsignor, II. 67, 68. Pichler, Caroline, 11. 12. Pichon, Baron, I. 132, 261, II. 113, 114, 120. Pickering, John, I. 85, 391, II. 251. Pickering, Octavius, I. 391. Pictet, Deodati, I. 153, II. 37. Pictet, Professor, I. 153, 155, 159, II. 37. Pierce, Professor B., II. 310. Pillans, James, I. 280. Piltz, Dr., II. 313. Pinkney, William, I. 39, 40, 41 and note. Pisa, visits, II. 92-94. Pittsfield, Mass., Elisha Ticknor head of school in, I. 2. Pins VII., I. 173, 174. Pizarro, Chev. Don L., I. 207, 208, 212. Plattner, II. 58, 59. Playfair, Professor, I. 276, 279. Plymouth, visits, I. 327-331. Podenas, Marquis de, II. 41. Podenas, Marquise de, II. 41, 125. Poinsett, Joel R., I. 350 and note. Pole, Mrs., I. 467,