A book of memories of great men and women of the age, from personal acquaintance (1877)
Hall, S. C. (Samuel Carter), 1800-1889, St. John, Cynthia Morgan, 1852-1919. fmo, Wordsworth Collection · London, Virtue · leaf 203
manly woman, ofmild demeanour and very gentle manners ; handsome, too, although she had passedthe mid-age of life ; and was thoroughly loveable. Those who knew her well beartestimony to her many noble qualities. Her mind was of a high order. She saw allthings with generous eyes; strove—and… … EOBEET SOUTHEY. T was not my happy destiny to know mucli of Kobert Southey—the manof all the men of letters of my time I most revere ; yet it is somethingto have conversed and corresponded with that truly great man,—a loftypoet, a sound teacher, a thorough Christian, who, if he never wrote aline…
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