English Lands, Letters and Kings, vol. 4: The Later Georges to VictoriaMitchell, Donald Grant
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English Lands, Letters and Kings, vol. 4: The Later Georges to Victoria
Mitchell, Donald Grant
English literature -- History and criticism; Great Britain -- Intellectual life
Byron, Lord, 56;
his satire on Scott, 78;
Leigh Hunt’s quarrel with, 144;
his opinion of Moore, 161;
compared with Moore, 162;
his break with George IV., 168;
leaves England, 188;
his family history, 190;
his boyhood, 191;
his controversy with Brougham, 193;
his unfortunate marriage, 201 _et seq._;
in London, 206;
separates from his wife, 209;
leaves England, 212;
his foreign tour, 214;
meets Shelley, 216;
Shelley’s influence on, 222;
in Italy, 223;
his scepticism, 224;
at Shelley’s funeral, 235;
his character, 239, 240;
sails for Greece, 242;
his death, 246; 249.
“Caleb Williams,” 219.
Campbell, Thomas, his primness, 52;
his first poem, 54;
his clear field in 1799, 56;
his work in prose and poetry, 58;
compared with Scott, 61; 82.
Canning, George, 166.
Carlyle, Thomas, his mildness towards Southey, 19;
his criticism of Scott’s work, 75; 288.
Caroline, Queen, marries the Prince, 121;
separates from her husband, 122;
her trial, 124.
Chalon, A. E., 183.
Charlotte, Princess, 122.
Chaworth, Mary, Byron’s poem to, 193; 250.
“Childe Harold,” 195; 238.
Cochrane, Lord, 282.
Cockburn, Lord, his account of Jeffrey, 93.
Coleridge, Hartley, his home, 4;
Southey’s letter to, 8.
Coleridge, S. T., his separation from his wife, 8;
his intercourse with Southey, 11;
with Southey at Greta Hall, 15;
chafes at Southey’s odes, 18;
compared with Southey, 20; 56.
“Confessions of an Opium Eater, The,” 34.
Croker, John Wilson, 116;
his criticism of Macaulay, 277.
“Croker Papers, The,” 18, note; 279.
“Daniel Deronda,” 287.
De Quincey, Thomas, his home, 4;
Robinson’s description of, 28;
his early years, 29;
settles near Grasmere, 31;
his affection for Catharine Wordsworth, 32;
his marriage, 34;
his laudanum drinking, 35;
his “Reminiscences,” 37;
last years and death of, 38, 40;
his assertion as to the appreciation of Wordsworth in 1802, 56, note.
Derwent Water, 2; 5; 6.
“Devereux,” 178.
Dickens, Charles, his caricature of Leigh Hunt, 147.
“Disowned, The,” 178.
Disraeli, Benjamin, his foppishness, 179;
his antecedents, 180 _et seq._;
his literary work, 182 _et seq._;
his ability as Lord Beaconsfield, 186; 201.
“Doctor, The,” Southey’s, 20.
“Don Juan,” 224, 239.
D’Orsay, Comte, 178, 180, 186.
Dwight, Timothy, 12.
_Edinburgh Review_, founded by Smith and Jeffrey, 86.
“Endymion,” 230.
Erskine, William, 80.
_Examiner, The_, 142.
“First Gentleman of Europe, The,” 165.
Fitzherbert, Mrs., 120 _et seq._
Fox, Charles, 96.
_Francesca da Rimini_, Leigh Hunt’s, 148.
“Frankenstein,” 250.
Franklin, Benjamin, 143.
Gamba, Count, 242.
“Gebir,” Landor’s, 129.
George III., loses his reason, 17, note;
Scott’s allusions to, 77; 118.
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