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George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Life of George Ticknor. (search)
Francis Hopkinson, of the Revolution, who wrote the Battle of the Kegs, and whose works have been published. Mr. Hopkinson was a prominent lawyer, and, later, was Judge of the United States District Court, for Pennsylvania. His house was one of the most agreeable in Philadelphia, for Mrs. Hopkinson was a lady of much cultivation and knowledge of the world. At their table I met one day a brilliant party of eleven or twelve gentlemen. Amongst them were Mr. Randolph, the Abbe Correa, Dr. Chapman, and Mr. Parish. It was an elegant dinner, and the conversation was no doubt worthy of such guests; but one incident has overshadowed the rest of the scene. The Abbe Correa——who was one of the most remarkable men of the time, for various learning, acuteness, and wit, and for elegant suave manners The Abbe Correa de Serra, Portuguese Minister to the United States, was member of three classes of the French Institute and founder of the Royal Academy of Lisbon.—had just returned from a v<
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), chapter 26 (search)
172. Carroll, Archbishop, 41. Carroll, Charles, 41. Carus, Dr., 459, 473, 475, 482. Cassel, visits, 121. Castel Branco, Baron. See Lacerda. Castro, Don Joao de, 246. Chalmers, Rev. Dr., 405. Chaloner, Mr., 443. Channing, Edward T., 9, 12, 26; letters to,. 30, 42, 83, 89, 96, 107, 118, 183. Channing, Dr., Walter, 148, 391; letters to, 94, 149. Channing, Mrs., Walter, letters to, 148, 188. Channing, Rev. William E., 17, 84, 96, 178, 316, 327, 382, 391, 405, 479. Chapman, Dr., 16. Charlottesville, visits, 34, 348. Chastellux, Count de, 109. Chateaubriand, Vte. de, 137-140, 146, 254, 255, 304; Mad. de, 355. Chauncey, Commodore, 373. Cheverus, Bishop, 18 note. Cheves, Langdon, 350, 351. Chirk Castle, 52. Cicognara, Count, 163, 164, 166. Cintra, 245-247; convention of, 246. Circourt, Count Adolphe de, 470 and note, 475 note, 482, 483, 485, 486. Circourt, Countess Anastasie Klustine de, 470 and note, 482, 483, 485, 486. Clare, Lord, 422.
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 23: (search)
has happened. . . . . To Sir Edmund Head. Boston, September 20, 1865. my dear Head,—. . . . Tell me what you think about Lord Derby's Iliad. Sometimes he is not up to the German critics, among whom, if I follow him at all, it is only by accident. But his Miltonic blank-verse, I think, shows that he has a true feeling about his work. It is a great while since I have seen old Potter's Aeschylus, but Lord Derby has sometimes reminded me of that fierce Greek dogmatist. I kept Pope, Chapman, and Cowper on the table, as well as the original; but the English triumvirate seemed to me as pale before Lord Derby, while I was reading him, as he did before the Greek. On looking again at your Spanish proverb I am a little uncertain —notwithstanding your ever clear and fair chirography—whether you wrote mear el vado, or mear al vado. . . . . Mear el vado may signify, knocking away the very foundations on which you build. But quien sabe? The context, if there is one, might show. A<
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), chapter 30 (search)
e, I. 246. Cavour, Count Camillo di, II. 352, 353, 431. Chadwick, Edwin, II. 147. Chalmers, Rev. Dr., I. 405. Chaloner, Mr., I. 443. Channing, Dr., Walter, I 148, 391; letters to, 94, 149. Channing, Edward T., I. 9, 12, 26; letters to, 30, 42, 83, 89, 96, 107, 118, 183. Channing, Mrs., Walter, letters to, I 148, 188. Channing, Rev. William E., I. 17, 84, 96, 178, 316, 327, 382, 391, 405, 479, II 101, 150, 188, 300; letter to, 200. Chantrey, Sir, Francis, II. 178. Chapman, Dr., I. 16. Charlottesville, visits, I. 34, 348. Chasles, Philarete, II. 256 note. Chastellux, Count de, I. 109. Chateaubriand, Madame de, I. 355. Chateaubriand, Vte., I. 137, 138, 139, 140, 146, 254, 255, 304, I. 132. Chatterton, Lady, II. 371. Chauncy, Commodore, I. 373. Cheverus, Bishop, I. 18 note. Cheves, Langdon, I, 350, 351. Chigi family, I. 61, 64. Chigi, Prince, II. 74. Chirk Castle, I. 52. Chorley, H. F., II. 149, 374. Chorley, J. R., II. 374, 384, 38
James Russell Lowell, Among my books, Spenser (search)
irst flush of its spring. (The yonge sonne Had in the Bull half of his course yronne.) And just at this moment of blossoming every breeze was dusty with the golden pollen of Greece, Rome, and Italy. If Keats could say, when he first opened Chapman's Homer,— Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken; Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific, and all his men Looked at each other with a wild surmise, if Keats could say this,ssoms. Here is one of his, suggested by Homer: Iliad, XVII. 55 seqq. Referred to in Upton's note on Faery Queen, B. I. c. VII. 32. Into what a breezy couplet trailing off with an alexandrine has Homer's pnoiai\ pantoi/wn a)ne/mwn expanded! Chapman unfortunately has slurred this passage in his version, and Pope tittivated it more than usual in his. I have no other translation at hand. Marlowe was so taken by this passage in Spenser that he put it bodily into his Tamburlaine. Upon the
James Russell Lowell, Among my books, Milton. (search)
where it serves to indicate that the pronunciation was not heroes as it had formerly been. That you may tell heroes, when you come To banquet with your wife. Chapman's Odyssey, VIII. 336, 337. In the facsimile of the sonnet to Fairfax I find Thy firm unshak'n vertue ever brings, which shows how much faith we need give to tside or motherside. Mr. Masson speaks of the Miltonic forms vanquisht, markt, lookt, etc. Surely he does not mean to imply that these are peculiar to Milton? Chapman used them before Milton was born, and pressed them farther, as in nak't and saf't for naked and saved. He often prefers the contracted form in his prose also, showing that the full form of the past participle in ed was passing out of fashion, though available in verse. Chapman's spelling is presumably his own. At least he looked after his printed texts. I have two copies of his Byron's Conspiracy, both dated 1608, but one evidently printed later than the other, for it shows corrections.
James Russell Lowell, Among my books, Keats. (search)
Chatterton, with whose genius and fate he had an intense sympathy, it may be from an inward foreboding of the shortness of his own career. I never saw the poet Keats but once, but he then read some lines from (I think) the Bristowe tragedy with an enthusiasm of admiration such as could be felt only by a poet, and which true poetry only could have excited.—J. H. C., in Notes & Queries, 4th s. x. 157. Before long we find him studying Chaucer, then Shakespeare, and afterward Milton. But Chapman's translations had a more abiding influence on his style both for good and evil. That he read wisely, his comments on the Paradise Lost are enough to prove. He now also commenced poet himself, but does not appear to have neglected the study of his profession. He was a youth of energy and purpose, and though he no doubt penned many a stanza when he should have been anatomizing, and walked the hospitals accompanied by the early gods, nevertheless passed a very creditable examination in 181
Margaret Fuller, Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli (ed. W. H. Channing), chapter 4 (search)
ture. She was well read in French, Italian, and German literature. She had learned Latin and a little Greek. But her English reading was incomplete; and, while she knew Moliere, and Rousseau, and any quantity of French letters, memoirs, and novels, and was a dear student of Dante and Petrarca, and knew German books more cordially than any other person, she was little read in Shakspeare; and I believe I had the pleasure of making her acquainted with Chaucer, with Ben Jonson, with Herbert, Chapman, Ford, Beaumont and Fletcher, with Bacon, and Sir Thomas Browne. I was seven years her senior, and had the habit of idle reading in old English books, and, though not much versed, yet quite enough to give me the right to lead her. She fancied that her sympathy and taste had led her to an exclusive culture of southern European books. She had large experiences. She had been a precocious scholar at Dr. Park's school; good in mathematics and in languages. Her father, whom she had recently
Margaret Fuller, Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli (ed. W. H. Channing), chapter 11 (search)
w independence, without tie to the public, we gave up the peculiar beauty of our lives, and I strive no more. I only hope to make good terms with the publishers. Then, I have been occupied somewhat in reading Louis Blanc's Ten Years, Lamartine's Girondists, and other books of that class, which throw light on recent transactions. I go into society, too, somewhat, and see several delightful persons, in an intimate way. The Americans meet twice a week, at the house of Messrs. Mozier and Chapman, and I am often present, on account of the friendly interest of those resident here. With our friends, the Greenoughs, I have twice gone to the opera. Then I see the Brownings often, and love and admire them both, more and more, as I know them better. Mr. Browning enriches every hour I pass with him, and is a most cordial, true, and noble man. One of my most highly prized Italian friends, also, Marchioness Arconati Visconti, of Milan, is passing the winter here, and I see her almost ever
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 28: (search)
lle. The same day the signal stations reported an advance of the enemy up the valley to Woodstock On the 20th, Early again started down the valley, with Rosser in advance, followed by Wharton, the former marching to Harrisonburg, and the latter to Naked creek beyond Mt. Sidney. The Federal cavalry came to Lacey's Springs. On the 21st, through a blinding snowstorm, Early moved forward to attack the enemy. Rosser, marching at dawn, fell on Custer's division, consisting of Pennington's and Chapman's brigades, at Lacey's, or Big Spring, on the Valley turnpike, having, in crossing over from the middle road, struck the Federals in flank, with Payne's brigade in front, followed by Morgan's, just as they were saddling their horses to advance on Wharton. Rosser routed their First and Second brigades, capturing 35 prisoners and their wagons and ambulances; but they rallied on their Third brigade, compelled him to fall back, and recaptured their wagons, when they at once retreated down the
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