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Identifier: memoriesofhostes02howe (find matches)
Title: Memories of a hostess : a chronicle of eminent friendships, drawn chiefly from the diaries of Mrs. James T. Fields
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Howe, M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe), 1864-1960 Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) DLC Fields, Annie, 1834-1915
Subjects: Fields, Annie, 1834-1915 Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 Women -- Massachusetts Boston Diaries Friendship -- Massachusetts Boston Authors, American -- 19th century Biography Actors -- United States Biography Boston (Mass.) -- Intellectual life
Publisher: Boston : Atlantic Monthly Press
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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a sentence because ithappened to be the bottom of a page, and ask her whatit meant. At that he took Celias poem and read itthrough word for word like a school-boy, looking up ather to see if he was right and should go on. She laughedimmoderately, and as for Mr. Emerson, J. said his eyesleft their wonted sockets and went to laugh far back inhis brain. Putting down his book. Hunt launched off into hisown life as a painter. His lonely position here withoutanyone to look up to in his art — his idea of art beingentirely misunderstood, his determination not to paintcloth and cheeks, but to paint the glory of age and thelight of truth. He became almost too excited to findwords, but when he did grasp a phrase, it was such afine one that it went a great way. His wife sat by mak-ing running comments, but when he said, If any manwho was talking could not be heard, he would naturallytry to talk so that he could be heard, we tried to urgehim to stand firm and to assure him that his efforts were
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A CORNER OF THE CHARLES .STREET LIBRARY CONCORD AND CAMBRIDGE 99 neither lost nor in vain. If the books you wrote wereleft all dusty and untouched upon the shelves, dontyou think you would try to write so that people shouldwant them ? I am sure you would. His wife tried tosay he must stand in the way he knew was right — asdid we all — but he seemed to think it too hard, tooSisyphus-like a labor. The portrait of little Paul isstill unsold. After keeping the carriage waiting one hourand a half, they went — a most interesting pair. Tuesdayy April 23. — Shakespeares birthday. Emer-son and his daughter passed the night with us andEdith Davidson, Ellens daughter, came to break-fast. We talked over again the pleasure of the nightbefore. Emerson had never heard Hunt talk before andhad seldom found Longfellow so expansive. Holmesmet J. in the course of the day, and told him he hada real good time, though he did have a thumping head-ache — he was much pleased with Alice Longfellow. Tu

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