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
George IV., appointed Regent, 17;
his friendliness toward Sir Walter Scott, 78;
his later laxity, 119;
his unfortunate situation, 120;
ascends the throne, 123;
last days of, 165.
“Gertrude of Wyoming,” 54; 57.
Gifford, William, 114 _et seq._; 163.
Godwin, Mary, elopes with Shelley, 220.
Godwin, William, 219.
Gordon, General, 186.
Gore House, 177.
Grasmere, 4.
Greta Hall, 15.
Greville, Charles, 166.
Hallam, Arthur, Tennyson’s lament for, 173.
Hallam, Henry, his serenity, 171;
contrasted with Hazlitt, 172, 173; 177.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, his account of Leigh Hunt, 146.
Hazlitt, William, his cynicism, 168;
his friendship with the Lambs, 169;
his strenuous personality, 170.
Helvellyn, Mt., 4, 5.
Holland, Lady, 96; 213; 264.
Holland, Lord, 96.
Horner, Francis, 86.
“Hours of Idleness,” 193.
Hucknall-Torkard, 247.
Humphreys, David, 12.
Hunt, Isaac, 143.
Hunt, John, 142.
Hunt, Leigh, imprisonment of, 142;
his American blood, 143;
his first writings, 144;
his pretty phrases, 145;
his easy methods of living, 147;
his poetry, 148 _et seq._;
his opinion of Moore, 161; 163;
compared with Hazlitt, 170;
compared with Shelley, 228;
his friendship for Shelley, 234;
at Shelley’s funeral, 235; 269.
“Idler in Italy, The,” Lady Blessington’s, 175.
“Imaginary Conversations,” Landor’s, 16, note; 132.
Ingersoll, Robert, 224.
“In Memoriam,” 173; 232.
“Irish Avatar, The,” Byron’s, 168.
“Isle of Palms, The,” John Wilson’s, 42, 45.
James, G. P. R., 283.
“Japhet in Search of a Father,” 281.
Jeffrey, Francis, his association with Sydney Smith, 85, 86;
his criticism of Southey and Wordsworth, 92;
marries Miss Wilkes, 94;
becomes Lord Jeffrey, 95; 113.
Jersey, Lady, 213.
“_Julia de Roubigné_,” Mackenzie’s, 84.
Keats, John, his school days, 229;
publishes “Endymion,” 230;
goes to Italy, 231;
his death, 232, 233.
Keble, John, 254.
“Kehama, The Curse of,” Southey’s, 13.
“Kenilworth,” 73.
Keswick, 3; 8.
Knight, Charles, 253.
_Knight’s Quarterly Magazine_, 263.
“Lady of the Lake, The,” 65.
Lake Country, The, 1 _et seq._
“Lalla Rookh,” 153;
great success of, 157.
Lamb, Charles, 12;
his opinion of Southey, 16, note;
his friendship with Hazlitt, 169.
Lamb, Mary, 169.
Landor, Walter Savage, 16; 18; 20; 56;
his lack of popularity, 125 _et seq._;
his fondness for the country, 127, 128;
his “Gebir,” 129;
goes abroad, 131;
in Italy, 132 _et seq._;
his genius for skimming, 135;
his domestic troubles, 136, 137;
his old age and death, 139;
strange contrasts in, 165;
compared with Byron, 188; 228.
Lang, Andrew, 71; 280.
Lansdowne, Lord, 255; 265.
“Laon and Cythna,” 225.
“Last Days of Pompeii, The,” 179.
“Lay of the Last Minstrel, The,” 60;
Byron’s satire on, 78.
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