Reminiscences of a Literary Life
INDEX
INDEX
Abbot, Colonel, at the battle of Ferozeshah, 247
Abbotsford, 25
Abercromby, General Sir Ralph, 226
Agrippina, statue of, 1
Alexander I., Emperor of Russia, death, 185
Allen, Mr., 142
Alvanley, Lord, mot, 110
Andrews, 200; story of his death,
Apennines, the, 84
Arabin, Captain, 223
Aristides, statue of, 3
Arrochar, 23
Ashestiel, 25
Atri, Duchessa d’, 215, 216
Aumale, Duc d’, 218, 220
Baiae, 84
Beauharnais, Josephine, 187
Beauvais, 282
Bellingham, assassinates Perceval, 159
Benares, massacre at, 171-174
Bergamo, the courier, 214; relations with Caroline, Princess of Wales, 214-216, 227
Birch, Colonel, 240
Bixey, Mr., letter on the death of Lord Hardinge, 256
Blackheath, 288
Blanc, Louis, “Histoire dc Dix Ans,” 218
Bonaparte, Caroline, 215
Bonaparte, Joseph, King of Naples, 212, 222, 224
Boniface, the hotel-keeper, 178
Booth, Mrs., 115
Borodino, battle of, 186
Boughton, 287
Bourbon, Duc de, 217
Bourbon Museum, Naples, 1, 86
Bowles, William Lisle, 75; device when riding, 75; sheep bells, 76; sonnets, 77
Bowness, 63
Bowring, Sir John, 68; editor of the Westminster Review, 68; soirees, 68; torrent of
talk, 69, 71; abusive articles, 70
Boyd, Captain, 232
Brighton, 29, 144, 258
British Museum, 26
Brockedon, William, 150; “Passes of the Alps,” 151; death of his wife and
son, 151; album of portraits, 151; lectures on philosophy, 152; india-rubber corks, 152;
criticism on, 153; memoir of J. Northcote, 154; death, 154
Brougham, Lord, 109; appearance, 93; opinion of Louis Napoleon, 187; of Caroline,
Princess of Wales, 216
Brummell, Beau, 266; Consul at Caen, 266; appearance, 267; stories of, 268; at Calais,
269; characteristics, 269; relations with George IV., 269, 270; poverty, 271; father, 272;
taste for snuff-boxes, 273; instances of his assurance, 274-276
Brummell, Mr., Private Secretary to Lord North, 272; fortune, 272
Brunel, Isambard, 291; taste in Art, 292; mechanical inventions, 292; portrait, 29a;
character, 292; in the United States, 293
Brunel, Isambard, journey from Paris to Calais, 281-286; at Dover, 286; drive to London,
287-289
Brunel, Mrs., 291
Brunel, Miss, 291
Buchanan. Hon. Mrs., 203
Bulwer, Edward Lytton, 70, 71
Bulwer, Henry Lytton, dinner-party, 70
Byron, Lord, “The Vision of Judgment,” 10; portrait, 67
Caen, Consulship abolished, 266
Calais, 269; journey to, 279-286
Campbell, Thomas, 15; views on the Polish question. 15-18; habit of drinking. 18, 20:
criticism of “Lalla Rookh,” 19; wig, 19; “Pleasures of Hope,” 20;
at Brighton, 29
Campomele, Duchessa di, 206
Canning. Rt. Hon. George, “The Rovers; or, The Double Arrangement,” 22 note;
opinion of “Caleb Williams,” 100; of Lord Dudley and Ward. 140; of the
“Downfall of Bonaparte.” 186
Canning, Sir Stratford, poem on the Downfall of Bonaparte,” 186
Canterbury, 288
Caraia, Ettore, 209
Carafa, Don N., “Gabriella di Vergi,” 210
Carlyle, Thomas, 104
Carlyle, Mrs., 104
Casti, Abbate, “Animali Parlanti.” 30
Championnet, General, 207
Charles IV.. King of Spain, at Naples. 224
Charles X., King of France, 233
“Charlotte, Princess, Monody on the death of,” 119 Chatham, 288
Cherry, Mr., assassinated, 172
Church, General, 279
Clarke, Mary Anne, 158, 218
Clery, Countess, 146
Clowes. Mrs. George, criticism of W. Brockedon, 153
Cocumella, La, 84
Coleridge, Derwent. 53, 66
Coleridge, Hartley, at Grasmere, 52; height, 53; irregular meals, 54; habit of drinking,
55, 60, 63; verses, 57, 66; expulsion from Oxford, 58; aversion to female society, 59;
characteristics, 60; rooms, 61; habit of stopping and stamping, 62; expedition to
Windermere, 63; teaches in a school, 65; genius, 66; criticism of De Quincey, 81
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, criticism on, 37; letter to Hinves, 38 note; habit of taking
laudanum, 49, 80; torrent of talk. 49. 30; kindness to young men. 51
Como, 215
Constantinople, 162
“Constantinople in 1828.” 30 note
Conway, Captain, assassinated, 172
Corks, india-rubber, 153
Corunna, battle of, 251
Cottle, Amos, 62
Cottrell, Charles, 14
Courts, Mrs., 149. See St. Albans
Cowslip Green, 79
Cradock or Caradoc. Beau, at Brighton, 29. See Howden
Craik. George Lillie, 50, 94; absent-mindedness, 111
Craven, Hon. Keppel, at Como, 216
Creswick, Thomas, 74
Croker, Crofton, 53
Croker, John Wilson, criticism of Miss Martineau, 95; character of his speeches, 238
Crump, Mrs., at Brighton, 29
Danvers, Charles, 279
Davis, Scrope, 269
Davis, Sir Francis, 170
Davis, Mr., Judge at Benares. 170; influence over Elphinstone, 171; characteristics,
171; heroism during the revolt of Vizier Ali, 171-174; drawings, 174; adventure with a
bear, 174
Davis, Joey, pictures, jests and verses, 118; relations with T. Gent, 118-120; fate of
his “Monody on the death of Princess Charlotte,” 119
Davis, Mrs., 170
Dawes, J., 218-220
Dawes, Nancy, 217. See Feucheres
De Quincey, Thomas, 78; incapacity for telling the truth, 78; mother, 79; habit of
taking laudanum, 79; “Opium Eater,” 80; connection with Tait’s Magazine.
81; criticism on, 81; slowness in writing, 82; memoir of Milton, 82; poverty, 82; family,
83
Dickens, Charles, 95
Dillon, Lady, 127
Dillon, Miss, 126
Dillon, Viscount, 126; eccentricities, 126; epigram on, 126
D’Orsay, Count, opinion of Louis Napoleon, 187
Douglas, Dr., 22; friendship with Sir W. Scott, 23; treatises, 25
Douglas, George, at Smyrna, 22; meeting with Sir W. Scott, 26
Dover, 286
Dover, George, Baron, 49; illness at Brighton, 144
Drummond, Sir William, “Academical Questions,” 85
Dudley and Ward, Lord, 49, 137-140, 279; acts of generosity, 100; Foreign Secretary,
140; habit of thinking aloud, 140; fits of abstraction, 141; dislike of Lady Holland, 142;
lines on. 142; articles for the Quarterly Review, 143; hatred of affectation, 143
Dundas. Sir David, Commanderin-Chief of the Army, 158
Ellis, Sir Henry, Chief Librarian of the British Museum, 27, 204
Elphinstone, Hon. Mountstuart, 90; at Constantinople. 162; life in India, 164; tribute
to, 165; at Hookwood Park, 167; library, 167; affection for Sir W. Scott, 168; mode of
life, 168; under the care of Judge Davis, 170; at the massacre of Benares, 172-174
Epping Forest, 106
Errol, Dowager Countess of, marriage, 134; deeds of charity at Malta, 134
Erskine. General, 174
Esher, 116
Evans, Mr., assassinated, 172
Farquhar, Lady, 60
Ferdinand, King of Naples, 224; flight to Sicily, 206, 212 Ferguson, Adam, 24
Ferozeshah, battle of, 247, 250
Feucheres, Baronne de, 217; career, 217; nickname, 218; nephew, 218-220
Fitzgerald, Mr.. 70
Fleming, Admiral Elphinstone, 279
Forster, John, 95
Franca villa, Princess of, 216
Frere, Barty. 36
Frere, Rt. Hon. John Hookham, 132; absent-mindedness. 132; result of his embassy to
Madrid,
133; enthusiasm for the Spaniards, 133; treatment of Sir J. Moore, 133;marriage, 134; at
Malta, 134
Furbo, the French poodle, 41-43
Gad’s Hill, 288
Galashiels, 24
Gallo, Duchess of, 214, 216, 223, 227
Gamba, Conte Pietro, 199
Gaur, ruins of, 174
Gell, Sir William, at Como, 216
Gent, Mrs., 124
Gent, Tom, 117; mode of living, 117; relations with J. Davis, 118-120; portrait, 118;
makes use of “A Monody on the death of Princess Charlotte,” 119; “Monody
to the Memory of the Rt. Hon. R. B. Sheridan,” 120 note; a “Yarmouth
bloater,” 121; method of writing his “Poems,” 122; dinners without
paying, 123; wit, 123; two marriages, 124
George IV., King, treatment of Beau Brummell, 269, 270; powers of mimicry, 270; at
Calais, 270
Gifford, William, editor of the Quarterly Review, 143
Gillman, Mr., 50
Gleig, Mr., 180; insulted by Macaulay, 181
Glenelg, Lord, 166
Godstone, 167
Godwin, William, 98; political opinions, 98; “Caleb Williams,” 100;
“Essay on Sepulchres,” 101
Gomm, Sir William, 240
Gonfaloniere, Count, 192, 200
Gordon, Dr., at Constantinople, 162; death, 163
Grant, General, 85
Grasmere, 52. 81
Gray, Thomas. “Elegy in a Country Churchyard,” 85, 86
Greece, mission to, 199
Green, Joseph, 50
Guiccioli, Contessa 199
Gundimore, 33, 37
Guyon, Captain, 279
Hallam, Henry, 139, 142, 163
Hamilton, Captain, “Cyril Thornton,” 59
Hamilton, Terrick, 43
Hamilton, William, 23
Harbledown, 287
Hardinge, Charles, 248
Hardinge, Henry, Field-Marshal Viscount, on Sir R. Peel’s susceptibility, 155;
dogs, 156, 242; character of his speeches, 238; appearance, 239; life at Penshurst, 241;
horse, 242; war memorials, 243; family prayers, 244; dress, 245; farm, 245; affection for
Sir R. Peel, 246; anniversary of the battle of Ferozeshah, 247; generosity, 248, 254;
character, 249-253; sympathy with suffering, 250; at the battle of Corunna, 251; style of
writing notes. 253; attachment to J. F. Lyall, 254; death, 255, 256
Hardinge, Lady, 246
Hardinge, Miss, 241, 242
Harrison, Mrs., 180
Harvey, T. K., editor of the Athenaeum, 95
Hastings, Lady Flora, 135
Hastings, Warren, entertains Impey, 183; family prayers, 183; characteristics, 184
Hawes, Ben, 291
Haydon, Benjamin Robert, “The Mock Election,” 154; commits suicide. 155
Heber, Bishop, tribute to Mountstuart Elphinstone, 164-166
Heber, Mrs., 147, 163
Herbert, George, “Sion,” 67
Hill, Matthew Davenport, 53, 94, 121; parody of T. Gent, verses, 122
Hill, T., at Brighton, 29
Hinves, Dan, talent for cooking, 31, 36; appearance, 31; history, 33; books, 34;
costume, 34; travels in Turkey, 36; autobiography, 37; criticisms on authors, 37; affection
for his master, 40
Hogg, Sir James, 240
Holland, Lady, 141
Hood, Thomas, at Brighton, 29; appearance, 105; puns, 105; “Comic Annual,”
106; hospitalities, 106; farming, 106; pension, 107
Hook, Theodore, 20
Hookwood Park, Godstone, 167
Hortense, Queen, 187
Howard, Ned, 202; size of his coffin, 202; “Rattlin the Reefer,” 202, 221;
career, 202; two marriages, 203
Howden, Lord, Ambassador at Madrid, 29; at Brighton. 29; puns, 105; appearance, 112. See
Cradock
Hunt, Leigh. 10; statements on Lord Byron, 72; relations with T. Moore, 72; money
difficulties. 102; character of his wife. 103; characteristics. 105
Hunt, Mrs. Leigh, habit of borrowing money, 103, 104
Impey, Sir Elijah, calumnies of Macaulay, 180; “Memoirs,” 180 note
Impey, Elijah Barwell, 176; accomplishments, 176; ignorance of arithmetic. 176; delicate
health, 177; short military career, 177; at Sandgate, 178; solitary life, 179; death, 179;
work in clearing his father’s memory, 180; lines on, 182; friendship with Warren
Hastings, 183
Irving, Washington, 20, 163
Ischia, island of, 84
Ischitella, Don Francesco Pinto, Prince of, 89, 185
Italian refugees, 190-192, 205
Jablonovski, Princess, 146
Jackson, Cyril, Dean of Christ Church, 176; on Impey’s defects, 177
Jameson, Mrs., i11; appearance, i11; “Diary of an Ennuyee.” 112; care of her
father, 112; in Canada, 113
Jameson, Robert, 112
Jerdan, William, editor of the Literary Gazette, 160
Jerrold, Douglas, 95
Jersey, Countess of. 238, 239
Jesse, Captain, memoirs of Brummell, 266
Katinka, the cook, 32
Keats, John, 13; character, 13; motto for his tombstone, 13; at Naples, 14
Keith, Admiral Lord, opinion of Sir S. Smith, 226
Kenney. James, at Brighton, 29; appearance, 107; swallows a cork, 107
Kinnaird, Lord, 193. 268
Knight. Charles. “Gallery of Portraits.” 82; influence of Miss
Martineau, 94; political views, 94; characteristics, 94, 96; publishes T. Gent’s
poems, 121
Knight, Margaret, 94
Lamartine, A. de, meeting with S. Rogers, 46
Landor, Walter Savage, 102
Lansdowne, Marquis of, 177; treatment of Impey, 178
Lasswade, 83
Lawrence, Sir Thomas, 146; manners, 146; maxims, 147; acquirements, 147; poverty, 148
Leaves, Mrs., 164
Leipzig, battles of, 186
Leroi, M., his cook, 32
Lieven, Count, 70
Listen, Lady, stories of, 30
Liston, Sir Robert, Ambassador at Stamboul, 30
Liverpool, Earl of, 273
Longlands, Mr., 180
Louis Napoleon, Emperor, 187
Louis Philippe, King, relations with Mme. de 7eucheres, 218
Luttrell, Henry, wit, 72
Lyall, George, 254
Lyall, John Francis, 254
Lyall, Mrs. J. F., 170, 175, 254
Lyall, Dr. William Rowe, 254
Lyndhurst, Lady, 100, 143
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, Lord, 167; calumnies on Sir E. Impey, 180; on Mr. Gleig,
181; timidity, 181
MacCullock, Mr., 196
Mackinnon, William, 44, 113
Mackintosh, Sir James, 109; political views, 109; characteristics, 109; pecuniary
difficulties, no; return from India, 159
Maconochie, Captain, 152
Malta, 28, 134
Mandeville, Mr., at Brighton, 29
Martin, John, political views, 98
Martineau, Harriet, 93; characteristics, 93; influence over C. Knight, 94;
“History of the Thirty Years’ Peace,” 95; travels in the Holy Land, 96
Masquerier, at Brighton, 29
Massena, Marshal, in possession of Naples, 212
Mathews, Charles, 107
Mathias, James, 84; “The Pursuits of Literature,” 84, 89, 90; resemblance to
Gray, 85; Italian poems, 86, 91; straitened cir-
cumstances, 87, 91; exhibition of temper, 87; at the Opera House, 88; bald head, 89, 92
Mazzini, Guiseppe, 201
Medici, Cavalier Don Luigi, 185
Mellon, Harriette, 149. See St. Albans
Merveldt, General, 187
Micheroux, Giacomo, 5
Milligen, Dr., 73
Misenum, Cape of, 84
Montesarchio, 9
Montpensier, Due de, MasterGeneral of the Ordnance, 232; at Woolwich Arsenal, 232
Moore, Sir John, at the battle of Corunna, 133, 251; captures a magnum of burgundy, 236
Moore, Thomas, 67; “Lalla Rookh,” 19; life of Lord Byron, 68, 72; criticism
of Dr. Bowring. 69; relations with Leigh Hunt, 72; veneration for rank, 72; independent
spirit, 73; hilarity, 73; cottage of Sloperton, 74
More, Hannah, 79
Morgan, Lady, 200
Morier, “Hadji Baba,” 164
Murat, King of Naples, 186, 214
Murray, Sir George, 226; MasterGeneral of the Ordnance, 232; member of the Committee of
Taste, 234; anecdote, 236
Murray, John, 29, 49, 67, 100, 143, 164; dinner-parties, 18, 20, 68; on Sir T.
Lawrence’s acquirements, 147
Murray, Lord, 168
Naples, 84; Royal Bourbon Museum, i; the library, 5, 86; revolution of 1799, 206-212;
review at, 224-226
Naples, Queen Caroline of, 207
Napoleon, Emperor, story of, 186
Navarino, battle of, 163
Niemcewitz, Count, 203
Northcote, James, 149, 154; portrait of Brunel, 292
Nyevelt, Baron Zuyler de, 162
Oldi, Contessa d’, 216
Orlebar, journey from Paris to Calais, 281-286; at Dover, 286; drive to London, 287-289
Ottley, the publisher, 283
Palmerston, Viscount, abolishes the Consulship at Caen, 266
Pecchio, Count Guiseppe, 68, 190; dislike of Austrian rule, 192;
“Life of Ugo Foscolo,” 194; style of writing, 194; pronunciation of English,
197; opinion of General Pepe, 199; mission to Greece, 199; in Dublin, 200
Peel, Sir Robert, 155; susceptibility, 155; fondness for animals, 155; Free Trade
policy, 246; death, 246
Pellico, Silvio, 192; “Francesca di Rimini,” 201
Penshurst Castle, 240
Pepe, General Guglielmo, 198
Perceval, John Thomas, 157
Perceval, Spencer, 156; religious views, 156; qualities, 157; character of his
administration, 158; public and private character, 158; assassinated, 159-161
Perceval, Mrs., 159
Pisa, 9
Polish refugees, 17, 204
Pompeii, 7
Ponsonby, Lady Emily, at Malta, 134
Ponsonby, General Sir Frederick, Governor of Malta, 135
Porter, Anna Maria, 113; sensitiveness, 113; “The Hungarian Brothers,” 114;
death, 114, 115
Porter, Jane, 113; sensitiveness, 113; “The Scottish Chiefs,” 114; death of
her sister and brother, 114; at Bristol, 114; death, 115
Porter, Sir Robert Ker, 113
Posilipo, promontory of, 84
Preston, 257; Church, wall-painting, 263
Price, Matthew, 279
Procida, island of, 84
Quarterly Review, articles in, 143
Quincey, Mrs., 79
Quincey, Thomas De, 78. See De Quincey
Radcliffe, Mrs., “Romances,” 101
Raikes, Mr., account of Beau Brummell, 266
Ralph, John, 279
Ramsay, James, 85
Riego, Canon Del, 198
Rogers, Samuel, hatred of dogs, 41, 46; relations with Sydney Smith, 45; meeting with
Lamartine, 46; criticism on a dinner-party, 48; “Pleasures of Memory,” 48;
lines on Lord Dudley and Ward, 142
Romilly, Sir Samuel, tribute to Spencer Perceval, 157, 158; on the joy of the public,
160
Rosa, Martinez de la, 198
Rosamoffski, Prince, 279
Rosamoffski, Princess, 146
Rose, Sir George, 180; lines on Impey, 182
Rose, William Stewart, criticism on T. Campbell, 16; at Brighton, 29; translation of
“Animali Parlanti,” 30; letters from the north of Italy, 30; valet, 31-35;
appearance, 32; “Orlando Furioso,” 38; on the Reform Bill, 39; carelessness in
dress, 40; dog Fur bo, 41-43; change of rooms, 43; taste in snuff, 44; acute sense of
smell, 44; lines from, 51; friendship with Lord Dudley and Ward, 139; interest in natural
history, 259; donkey, Velluti, 261; excursions with Rev. C. Townsend, 261; lines on him,
264
Roskilly, Mr., 6
Rossetti, Gabriele, 143; at Naples, 3
Rossini, Gioacchino, 5; love of money, 188
Ruffo, Cardinal, 206; leader of the revolution of 1799, 206-212
Ruffo, Don G., Prince of Scilla, 206
Rumbold, the Misses, 222
Runnington, Miss, 142
Rydal Mount, 52, 58
St. Albans, Duchess of, 149
St. Denis, 280
St. Leger, Barry, 121
Salter, General, 148
Sandgate, 178
Scamander, fording the, 36
Scilla, 207
Scott, Sir Walter, 23; friendship with Dr. Douglas, 23; purchase of Abbotsford, 25;
characteristics, 26; financial difficulties, 26, 1 68; at the British Museum, 26; return
from Malta, 28; death, 28
Severn, Joseph, 14
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, at Naples, i; appearance, i, 8; “Queen Mab,” 6; trip
to Pompeii, 6; “Stanzas written in dejection near Naples,” 8; second wife, 9;
characteristics, 10, 12; religious views, ii
Shepherd, Sir Samuel, 142
Sicily, 213
Skeffington, Sir Lumley St. George, 128; plays, 129; appearance, 129, 131; nicknames,
129; wig, 129, 131; at the theatre, 130; “Bombastes Furiciso,” 131;
“Sleeping Beauty,” 132
Sloperton Cottage, 74
Smith, Horace, at Brighton, 29; puns, 105, 107, 108; appearance, 108
Smith, Sir Sidney, 221; vanity and loquacity, 221, 226; step-daughters, 222; at Naples,
223; financial difficulties, 223, 228-230; character of his conversation, 223, 230; at a
review, 224-226; diplomatic errors, 226; egotism, 227; invention of a life-boat, 228; in
London, 228-230; General of Marines, 231
Smith, Sydney, 41; relations with S. Rogers, 45; friendship with Count Pecchio, 197
Smolensk, battle of, 186
Smyrna, 22
Snuff-boxes, 273
Soracte, Mount, 137
Sotheby, S. L., 113; compliments to the Misses Porter, 114
Southey, Edith, 59
Stackelberg, Count, Minister Plenipotentiary at Naples, 185
Staley Bridge, 64
Stanley, Rev. A. P., 127
Stanley, Lady, 127
Stanley of Alderley, Lord, 127
Starke, Mariana, 84
Steel, Arthur, 291; at Constantinople, 162; death, 163
Steer, John, 121
Stewart, Lord Dudley, 204
Taburno, Monte, 9
Tait’s Magazine, 81
Talleyrand, Prince, Ambassador to London, 46
Tannucci, Marchese, 207
Thames Ditton, 115
Thames, tunnel, 285, 293
Thomson, Mr. and Mrs., treatment of Beau Brummell, 274
Todd, Dr., 38
Torre Annunziata, 8
Toulon Arsenal, 233
Townsend, Rev. Charles, Curate of Preston, 257; character, 258;
sonnets, 259; interest in natural history, 259; expression, 260; a pedestrian, 260;
curacy in London, 262; presented to the living of Kingston-by-the-Sea, 263 note; death,
263; archaeological discovery, 263; lines on, 264
Turks, customs, 36
Turner, Dawson, 120 note
Ullswater, 53
United States, 293
Valetta, 135
Venus, statue of, 2
Vesuvius, Mount, 9, 84
Vieusseux, André, 290; “History of Switzerland,” 290 note
Villemain, M., “Souvenirs Contemporains,” 187
Vizier Ali, revolt, 171-174
W., Rev. H. E., religious views, 97
W., J., resignation under trials, 277-279
Wales, Caroline, Princess of, 214; character, 215; at Como, 215; relations with Bergamo,
216; at Naples, 227
Ward, Hon. H., 135. See Dudley
Wardle, Colonel, 158
Watts, Alaric, 98
Wellington, Duke of, advice to Lord Hardinge, 239
Westminster Review, 68
White, Gilbert, “Natural History of Selborne,” 259
Wilberforce, William, tribute to S. Perceval, 159
William IV., King, 230
Willis, N. P., “Pencillings by the Way,” 91 note
Wilson, John, 55, 64, 77; on De Quincey’s habit of taking opium, 80, 83
Winchmore Hill, 106
Windermere, 62
Wollstonecraft, Mary, 9
Woolwich Arsenal, 232
Wordsworth, Dora, 58
Wordsworth, William, 58; affection for H. Coleridge, 58, 60
Wordsworth, Mrs., 58
Wrington, 79
York, Duke of, in command of the Horse Guards, 158
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