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John Tyndall
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Dr Dabbs : account of death of Alfred Tennyson
John Tyndall to Hallam Tennyson: 'On Monday the 10th [October, 1892], Miss Marryat, daughter of the celebrated novelist, secured for me a copy of the Times, wherein I read the brief and touching account by Dr Dabbs of the passing away of Tennyson.'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Tyndall Print: Newspaper
Alfred Tennyson : Poems including 'The Two Voices'
John Tyndall to Hallam Tennyson (1893): 'Under the date of Sunday, 20th October, 1850, I find the following [journal] entry: "Up at 6 A.M. and began the day by reading Tennyson. I am acquainted with no spirit so strong, pure, and beautiful. Every line sparkles with empyrean fire, so that it is difficult to make a selection. I will, however, notice 'The Two Voices' [...] In this poem the tempter to despair is furnished with his best weapons, and foiled though armed cap-a-pie.'"'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Tyndall Print: Book
Thomas Carlyle : Past and Present
John Tyndall to Hallam Tennyson (1893): 'You were not born when the influence [of Alfred Tennyson] in my case began. Fifty years ago, in the sixth chapter of Carlyle's Past and Present I found the line: "There dwells the great Achilles whom we knew"; 'to which was attached a footnote referring the line to Tennyson [...] This footnote assured me that Tennyson was a poet whose acquaintance must be made without delay. Not very long afterwards, two young men might have been seen eagerly engaged upon a volume, in the corner of a modest hotel in St Martin's Court, Covent Garden. The one read, the other listened. The one, after a life of usefulness and honour, was snatched from us last year by influenza, and now lies in Highgate Cemetery, the other remains to record the fact. The book in which my friend Hirst and I were then absorbed was entitled "Poems by Alfred Tennyson."'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Tyndall Print: Book
Alfred Tennyson : Maud
John Tyndall to Hallam Tennyson (1893): 'It may be worth while to mention here how I first made the acquaintance of "Maud." Rachel had come to the Haymarket Theatre, for a few representations, and I, anxious to see and hear the great actress, engaged a stall. I had picked up "Maud" at a bookseller's in Piccadilly as I went to the theatre [...] I had read several pages before the play began. I read between the acts, lowering the book to catch sufficient light from the stage. Once I went out, and walked to and fro between St James's Square and the theatre, still reading. Before I reached my lodgings I had finished the poem. I thought it true, strong and beautiful'.
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Tyndall Print: Book
Alfred Tennyson : Maud
John Tyndall to Hallam Tennyson (1893): 'It may be worth while to mention here how I first made the acquaintance of "Maud." Rachel had come to the Haymarket Theatre, for a few representations, and I, anxious to see and hear the great actress, engaged a stall. I had picked up "Maud" at a bookseller's in Piccadilly as I went to the theatre [...] I had read several pages before the play began. I read between the acts, lowering the book to catch sufficient light from the stage. Once I went out, and walked to and fro between St James's Square and the theatre, still reading. Before I reached my lodgings I had finished the poem. I thought it true, strong and beautiful'.
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: John Tyndall Print: Book
Alfred Tennyson : Tiresias and Other Poems
John Tyndall to Hallam Tennyson (1893): 'In the year 1885 [...] were published Tiresias, and Other Poems, by Alfred Lord Tennyson. For a copy of this remarkable volume I am indebted to its author [goes on enthusiastically to discuss, and to quote at length from, various pieces in volume]'.
