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George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 14: (search)
t are more loved than he is; but in his general character, as he appears in mixed society, he is more a politician than anything else. . . . . I This anecdote was written out later by Mr. Ticknor, and added to the Journal. had much known in Madrid Sir Henry Wellesley, ambassador there, and afterwards, as Lord Cowley, ambassador at Paris. He gave me important letters of introduction, and wrote besides to London, desiring me to be presented to his venerable mother. One morning, therefore, a decided, dignified manner, not much infirm for her age, and with the air of a person accustomed to deference from her kinsfolk, however elevated, as well as from other people. She received me kindly, and we talked, as a matter of course, about Madrid, Sir Henry and Lady Wellesley, Lord Marcus Hill, and other persons there whom she knew; as well as of some, like the Tatistcheffs, the Duc de Montmorency, etc., of whom she had only heard. My English was without accent, and, as I was presented a
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 15: (search)
25, 1818. dear Sir: I received, two days ago, your favor of August 10, from Madrid, and sincerely regret that my letter to Cardinal Dugnani did not reach you at Rmy constant and sincere attachment. th. Jefferson. From the Duke de Laval. Madrid, 18 Novembre, 1818. Translation: I answer your very kind letter of theattent avec une égale ardeur, et de grands talents. From the Duke de Laval. Madrid, 18 Janvier, 1819. Translation: You no more doubt the interest your leh together in Turin, and in Paris two years later. From Count Cesare Balbo. Madrid, 12 October, 1818. Translated from the Italian.To-day, before the time, onn, of the pleasure I take in the hope you give me of your passing again through Madrid. I no longer hope, I say, that I can accompany you, but I cling to the hope—int, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr. Serve the King. From Count Cesare Balbo. Madrid, 15 April, 1819. Translated from the Italian.Yesterday evening I was told,
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 17: (search)
s of those troubled times. Our friend Wallenstein left us last week, after a visit of above two months. He is a very uncommon man, of remarkable acquirements. . . . . I believe he carried off the respect and personal regard of every distinguished man in this quarter of the country. . . . . In a letter of June 11, 1824, Mr. Ticknor speaks of the Baron de Wallenstein, now belonging to the Russian Legation at Washington, a young German of great knowledge. The acquaintance had begun in Madrid. In November, 1824, Mr. and Mrs. Ticknor went to Washington, and afterwards, accompanied by Mr. Webster, visited Mr. Madison at Montpellier, and Mr. Jefferson at Monticello. Upon their return they passed some weeks in Washington, mingling in its general society, and seeing, in an easy and familiar way, many of the distinguished men assembled there. In two letters to Mr. Prescott, Mr. Ticknor describes some of the scenes and incidents of this journey. An account of this visit to Mr.
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 19: (search)
he other night to a great ball at Colonel Thorndike's, a part of which extended into your house, The two houses were connected by doors, which could be opened on such occasions. which it was not altogether agreeable to enter without finding its owners there to welcome us. A few nights afterwards we had the whole town turned in upon ourselves, for the first time in our lives . . . . . I am very glad you like Mr. Vaughan. British Minister at Washington, formerly Secretary of Legation at Madrid. See ante, p. 209. He is, I think, one of the most respectable gentlemen I have ever known. Do persuade him to come to the North next summer. Finally, write to us when you can, come home as soon as you can, and believe in us as truly as you can. Yours always, Geo. Ticknor. Among the friends most valued by Mr. Ticknor was his college classmate, Sylvanus Thayer, who, having entered the army of the United States, and served with distinction, was appointed Superintendent of the Milita
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), chapter 26 (search)
Davoust, Marechal, 146, 147. Davy, Dr., 271. Davy, Lady, 57, 128. Davy, Sir, Humphry, 54, 57, 60, 128, 152. Day, Professor, 14. Deaf-Mutes, teaching of, in Madrid, 196. De Bresson, 501. De Candolle, A. P. de, 154, 155. Decazes, Count (Duke), 253, 254, 256. De la Rive, President, 152-154, 156. Denison, Right Hon Mrs., William, 130, 294. Godwin, William, 130, 294. Goethe, Wolfgang A. von, 113-115, 165, 211, 455, 490 note, 500. Goltz, Count, 122. Gonzales, librarian, Madrid, 197. Gott, Messrs., 438. Gottingen, 11, 395; G. T. arrives at, 69; life there, 70-107, 116-121; description of, 74, 75; leaves there, 121. Gottingen Unives., 417. Madison. J., President of the United States, 29, 30, 34, 53, 110, 346, 347, 409. Madison, Mrs., 29, 30, 346, 347. Madraso, Jose de, 186 and note. Madrid, visits, 185, 186-220; described, 190– 214. Malaga, 233, 234. Malaga, Bishop, 234, 235. Malibran, Madame, 407, 413. Maltby, Mr., 58, 413. Malthus, T. R.,
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 2: (search)
nt to see my old acquaintance, Count Brunetti, whom I had known as Austrian Charge d'affaires at Madrid, and who is now Austrian Minister here, married, and with three or four children. He is much ch I had a long and very agreeable visit from Count Cesare Balbo, whom I knew very well in 1818 at Madrid, where his father was Sardinian Minister. He has had very various fortunes since I saw him lastlarge, consisting of Ramirez, the Neapolitan Minister, whom I knew as a Secretary of Legation in Madrid; Heldewier, the Dutch Minister, whom I knew, also, as a Secretary at Madrid; Truchsess, the PrusMadrid; Truchsess, the Prussian Minister; the Marquis and Marchioness de Podenas, the latter of whom played so great a part in the service of the Duchess de Berri; and several other persons. It was an elegant dinner, and so fa special about it, except that I was struck with meeting so many persons at Turin whom I knew at Madrid. I can already count seven. October 4.—Count Balbo came to town this forenoon to see us, and
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 3: (search)
Chapter 3: Florence. Niccolini. Madame Lenzoni. Grand Duke. Micali. Alberti manuscripts of Tasso. Gino Capponi. Italian society. Rome. Bunsen. Thorwaldsen. Princess Gabrielli. Borgheses. Cardinal Fesch. English society. Princess Massimo. Archceological lectures. Journal. Florence, November 5.—A rainy day. I went, however, to see my friend Bellocq, whom I knew in Madrid as Secretary of the French Embassy there, and who is here Charge d'affaires from France, a bachelor, grown old, and somewhat delabre, but apparently with as much bonhomie as ever. I drove, too, to Greenough's house, but found he had gone to the United States; Horatio Greenough, the American sculptor. . . . . but I did little else except make inquiries about the cholera at Naples, which threatens to interfere with our plans. In the evening I went to a regular Italian conversazione, which occurs twice a week at the house of the Marchioness Lenzoni, the last descendant of one
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 4: (search)
of a German theologian. who was a Secretary of Legation, and met the affronts there described, and whose death and last days are described, often word for word, in Werther, from a letter sent by Kestner to Goethe . . . . February 25.—We took a ride on horseback this morning out at the Porta Pia . . . . Afterwards I made a long visit to Cardinal Giustiniani, whom I knew formerly in Spain, and whom I have been intending to visit ever since I have been in Rome . . . . . He was a great man in Madrid when I first knew him, for he was Nuncio; he is a greater man now, being one of the principal ministers of the Pope, and the person who receives all memorials; and he was near being greatest of all, for nothing but the veto of the King of Spain prevented his being made pope in 1831, when Gregory XVI. was chosen. He is now sixty-eight years old, and quite stout and well preserved, though lame from a fall he suffered some years ago; and he has the reputation of being second to none of the Sa
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 6: (search)
ty that has been given this season, and the whole force of the beau monde is, therefore, by no means collected. It was, like all such parties in the great capitals of the Continent, a collection of extremely well dressed people in beautiful and brilliantly lighted rooms. Among them I found a few old acquaintances, especially the Duke de Villareal, recently Prime Minister in Portugal, and son of the Souza who published the magnificent Camoens. I knew him when he was Minister of Portugal at Madrid, and had much pleasant talk with him about old times. The Circourts were there, Count d'appony, Countess de Ste. Aulaire, and a good many persons whom I knew, so that I had an agreeable visit. December 18.—I went, as usual on Mondays, to Fauriel's lecture on Spanish Literature; which, as usual, was much too minute on the antiquities that precede its appearance. In fact, now, after an introductory lecture and two others, he has not completed his view of the state of things in Spain at th
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 7: (search)
the Tuileries, and we went, with the rest of the world, to see the show. It was, what is rare in such cases, worth the trouble. . . . . Between three and four thousand persons were collected in the grand halls; but still there was no crowd, so vast was the space, and so well was the multitude attracted and distributed through the different rooms. Nothing could well be more brilliant than the lighting, nothing more tasteful than the dresses. I have seen more diamonds both in Dresden and in Madrid; and, indeed, the Duchess of Anglona, to-night, made more show than anybody else, with the diamonds that, I suppose, I used to see worn by the old Duchess of Ossuna, twenty years ago. . . . . Having quite accidentally fallen in with Mad. Martinetti, the Count and Countess Baldissero, and the Spanish Ambassador Campuzano, we made one party with them till about one o'clock, when the ladies went in together to supper. We gentlemen stood and saw them pass through, to the number of more than
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