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Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Antigone, section 18 (search)
as furnished the Antigone with its most famous and most delightful illustration. Two generations have now been so accustomed to associate this play with the music of Mendelssohn that at least a passing notice is due toMendelssohn. the circumstances under which that music was composed; circumstances which, at a distance of nearly half a century, possess a peculiar interest of their own for these later days of classical revivals. After Frederick William IV. had come to the Prussian throne in June, 1840, one of his first acts was to found at Berlin the Academy of Arts for Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, and Music; Mendelssohn, who was then thirty-two, became the first Director of the department of Music, in the spring of 1841. The King had conceived the wish to revive some of the masterpieces of Greek Tragedy,— a project which the versatile poet Tieck, then on the confines of old age, encouraged warmly; none the less so, it would seem, because his own youth had been so vigorously ident
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Halleck, Henry wager 1815- (search)
Halleck, Henry wager 1815- Military officer; born in Westernville, Oneida co., N. Y., Jan. 16, 1815; graduated at West Point in 1839, entering the engineer corps. Until June, 1840, he was assistant professor at West Point, and from 1841 to 1844 was employed on the fortifications in New York Harbor. In 1845 he visited the military establishments of Europe. In the winter of 1845-46 he delivered at the Lowell Institute, Boston, a series of lectures on the science of war, afterwards published in book form with the title of Elements of military art and Science. He served in California and on the Pacific coast during the war with Mexico, in which he distinguished himself. He was on the staff of Commodore Shubrick at the capture of Mazatlan, and was made lieutenant-governor. From Aug. 13, 1847, to Dec. 20, 1849, he was secretary of the province and Territory of California, and had a large share in preparing the State constitution. He left the army in 1854, and began the practice
Frank Preston Stearns, Cambridge Sketches, Doctor Holmes. (search)
s might have done it as well, it is doubtful if he could have been excelled in his own specialty. His ready fund of wit often served to revive the drooping spirits of his audience, and many of his jests have become a kind of legendary lore at the Medical-School. Most of them, however, were of a too anatomical character to be reproduced in print. So the years rolled over Doctor Holmes's head; living quietly, working steadily, and accumulating a store of proverbial wisdom by the way. In June, 1840, he married Amelia Lee Jackson, of Boston, an alliance which brought him into relationship with half the families on Beacon Street, and which may have exercised a determining influence on the future course of his life. Doctor Holmes was always liberally inclined, and ready to welcome such social and political improvements as time might bring; but he never joined any of the liberal or reformatory movements of his time. Certain old friends of Emerson affirmed, when Holmes published his bi
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, John Greenleaf Whittier, Chapter 6: a division in the ranks (search)
faint hope that Henry Clay might yet become its leader, and that Caleb Cushing might espouse its cause. At one time Whittier and Henry B. Stanton were deputed by the American Antislavery Society to go through Pennsylvania and find, if they could, seventy public speakers who would take part in the war against slavery. Pickard's Whittier, I. 250. He had at one time planned, when he felt himself more in command of his bodily forces, to attend the World's Antislavery Convention at London (June, 1840), but being cautioned by the well-known physician, Dr. Henry I. Bowditch, he forebore to take the risk, his heart being at that period the point of danger. Of the later tests which came to abolitionists and sometimes separated them into opposing ranks, little need be said, for Whittier was never personally combative, and though he was severely tested as to his peace principles, yet the Quaker principle carried him safely through. When I was in Kansas in 1856, in the times of trouble,
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 23: return to his profession.—1840-41.—Age, 29-30. (search)
a book on the Discovery of the Mississippi, wrote frequently while travelling, and while at home at Putney Hall. From Mittermaier, Foelix, and Julius, he also received tidings, —particularly from Mittermaier, who wrote in German. Fay kept him informed of society in Berlin, and of German politics. J. Randolph Clay wrote from Vienna of affairs in Eastern Europe. His brother George wrote of the public men and politics of France and other countries which he visited. Mr. Parkes wrote, in June, 1840:— I need not assure you of my friendship, and that the wide Atlantic does not sever it. All English Liberal lawyers have a fraternal feeling for you; and you know mine is further strengthened by my family connection with your country, and my own republican principles. Life spared to us, we are sure to meet again. This is the future state in which I rejoice,—the meeting of two late-discovered friends again in this world. You are sure to visit Europe again, or I to visit the States.<
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Genealogical Register (search)
27. Josiah, s. of Samuel (19), m. Olive Winship of Lex., and had Olive, b. 6 Dec. 1786, m. Joseph Roby; Sally, b. 15 Sept. 1788, m. Stephen Wheeler, 44 and 2d, Joshua Avery; Sophia, b. 22 Nov. 1790, m. Ezekiel Cutter; Louisa, b. 22 Feb. 1792 or 1793, m. Peleg Bradley; Josiah, b. 8 May 1795; Clarissa, b. 22 June 1797; Edward, b. 22 Nov. 1799; Elmira, b. 28 Dec. 1801; Mary, b. 27 July 1803. Josiah the f. was styled Major, resided in Menotomy, and d. 3 Ap. 1836; his w. Olive d. in May or June 1840, a. 74. 28. Thomas, s. of Thomas (20), m. Sukey (Susanna) Cutter 16 Nov. 1783, and had Sukey, b. 1784, m. Jonathan Butterfield 21 Sept. 1806; Thomas, b. about 1786; Ezekiel, b. 1788; these three bap. together 12 Oct. 1788; Ebenezer Francis, bap. 21 Feb. 1790, d. 23 Aug. 1796; Anna Cutter, bap. 30 Oct. 1791; Maria, bap. 27 July 1794, d. 10 Feb. 1795; Maria, bap. 15 Oct. 1797; Ebenezer Francis, bap. 25 Aug. 1799, d. 13 Dec. 1804. Thomas the f. res. in Menotomy, and d. 22 Sept. 1805; his
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, W. (search)
27. Josiah, s. of Samuel (19), m. Olive Winship of Lex., and had Olive, b. 6 Dec. 1786, m. Joseph Roby; Sally, b. 15 Sept. 1788, m. Stephen Wheeler, 44 and 2d, Joshua Avery; Sophia, b. 22 Nov. 1790, m. Ezekiel Cutter; Louisa, b. 22 Feb. 1792 or 1793, m. Peleg Bradley; Josiah, b. 8 May 1795; Clarissa, b. 22 June 1797; Edward, b. 22 Nov. 1799; Elmira, b. 28 Dec. 1801; Mary, b. 27 July 1803. Josiah the f. was styled Major, resided in Menotomy, and d. 3 Ap. 1836; his w. Olive d. in May or June 1840, a. 74. 28. Thomas, s. of Thomas (20), m. Sukey (Susanna) Cutter 16 Nov. 1783, and had Sukey, b. 1784, m. Jonathan Butterfield 21 Sept. 1806; Thomas, b. about 1786; Ezekiel, b. 1788; these three bap. together 12 Oct. 1788; Ebenezer Francis, bap. 21 Feb. 1790, d. 23 Aug. 1796; Anna Cutter, bap. 30 Oct. 1791; Maria, bap. 27 July 1794, d. 10 Feb. 1795; Maria, bap. 15 Oct. 1797; Ebenezer Francis, bap. 25 Aug. 1799, d. 13 Dec. 1804. Thomas the f. res. in Menotomy, and d. 22 Sept. 1805; his
D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical. (search)
nce at Fort Smith. He died at Mount Nebo, September 8, 1896, at the age of eighty-seven years and eight months. Major-General Jeremy Francis Gilmer Major-General Jeremy Francis Gilmer was born in Guilford county, N. C., February 23, 1818. He was graduated at the United States military academy in 1839, number four in the class of which General Halleck was third. Receiving a second lieutenancy of engineers, he served in the military academy as assistant professor of engineering till June, 1840, and then as assistant engineer in building Fort Schuyler, New York harbor, until 1844, after which he was assistant to the chief engineer at Washington, D. C., until 1846, with promotion to first lieutenant in 1845. During the Mexican war he was chief engineer of the army of the West in New Mexico, constructing Fort Marcy at Santa Fe. He afterward served at Washington, and was superintending engineer of the repairs to various forts and the building of Forts Jackson and Pulaski, Georgia,
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 11: (search)
Walpole to Hertford, 26 March, 1765. At one time pains were taken to secrete him from all intercourse with his court. His physician hinted the propriety of his retiring to one of his palaces in the country. Walpole's George III., 83. To a few only was the nature of his illness known. Be every sentiment of anger towards the king absorbed in pity. At the moment of passing the Stamp Act, George the Third was crazed. Adolphus's History of England, i. 175. London Quarterly Review for June, 1840. So, on the twenty-second of March, it received the royal assent by a commission. The sovereign of Great Britain, whose soul was wholly bent on exalting the prerogative, taught the world that a bit of parchment bearing the sign of his hand, scrawled in the flickering light of clouded reason, could, under the British constitution, do the full legislative office of the king. Had he been a private man, his commission could have given validity to no instrument whatever. It was Grenville's
The Daily Dispatch: may 16, 1861., [Electronic resource], Sketch of Gen. Beauregard. (search)
ew Orleans. He is a descendant of the most aristocratic Southern families. His father was a wealthy and influential Louisiana planter. His mother was of Italian origin, and descended from the ducal Reggio family of Italy. Gen. Beauregard entered the United States Military Academy at West Point, at an early age, where he graduated in 1838, taking the second honors in a class of forty-five graduates, and was appointed to the corps of engineers. He was promoted to a First Lieutenancy in June, 1840, and in that capacity served with great distinction during the Mexican war. He was twice brevetted "for gallant and meritorious conduct" in the field, the first time as Captain for the battles of Contreras and Churubusco, to date from August 20, 1847; and again as Major for the battle of Chepultepec, to date from the 13th of September of that year. Gen. Beauregard is about forty-three years of age, in prime of life and vigorous health, erect as a soldier, well made and remarkably active.
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