Letter From Henry Francis Cary To Mr Hessey

Author : Henry Francis Cary
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230317595
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Memoir of the Rev. Henry Francis Cary, M. A. , Translator of Dante; with His Literary Journal and Letters written by Henry Francis Cary and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIII. 1834--1844. Journal of a tour through Normandy and the South of France.--Verses and Epitaph to Charles Lamb.--Mr. Cary is refused the appointment of Librarian of the British Museum.--Letter to the Lord Chancellor thereon.--Resigns the office of Assistant-Librarian.--Removes to Park-street, Westminster.--Designs a History of Italian literature.--Engages in superintending a new edition of English Poets. Notice of miscellaneous English Poets: Churchill, John Cunningham, Penrose, Gray, Logan, Day, Hurdis, Burns, Thomas Russell, Coleridge, Walter Scott, and Lord Byron.--Visits the neighbourhood of Oxford.--Translation of Italian Poets.--A Sonnet from Costanzo, and from Petrarch.--Letters to Mr. Lyell, Mr. Digby.--Grant of a Pension.--Letter from Mr. Rogers to Lord Holland.--Letter to Mrs. Dyer, with epitaph to the memory of George Dyer.--Visit to Iffley.--Letters to Mr. Digby, Mr. Bullock, and Mr. Lyell.--Poem, " On a View of Folkstone Cliffs."--Verses written at Sandgate.--Letters to Mr. Digby, Mr. Parsons, and Mr. Lyell.--Proposed new edition of his version of Pindar.--His death. On his return to England my father was able to resume his duties at the British Museum. But the benefit that he had derived from his former tour on the continent, induced him to spend his next summer holidays in an excursion through Normandy and the south of France, of which he has left the following account. JOURNAL IN FRANCE, 1834. Wednesday, July 30. Left London by mail. 31. At Southampton. Embarked in the Camilla steamer at half-past 5 P.m.; called off Portsmouth for passengers; arrived at Havre about 7 A.m., the sea quite tranquil all the way; no sickness on board. August 1. At Havre at the London Hotel, on the Quay, a small place. The town...