Memoir of the Life And Character of the Late Hon Theo Frelinghuysen Ll
Memoir of the Life And Character of the Late Hon Theo Frelinghuysen Ll
Talbot Wilson Chambers
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Although he never undertook to versifj^, he seems to have had a great deal of poetic sensibility. '' This, " as one of his near friends remarks, "caused him to feel an indescribable charm in all the scenes of rural life. To him there was a grace in the laborer's cheer- ful toil, the singing of birds, the hum of the insect world. A snow-storm gave him great pleasure; he stood gazing upon the whitening landscape with ever new delight. " His reading throughout life was careful and select rather th...an extensive. Gibbon among historians, and PERSONAL TRAITS AND HABITS. 121 Burke among philosophical and political writers, were his chief favorites. The leisure he enjoyed in the early years of his professional life was spent in famil- iarizing himself with the best English classics. Sir Eoger de Coverly was a character he always greatly admired, and Dr. Johnson's Life and Works were sub- jects of abiding interest to his mind. Like every other man of taste, he highly appreciated Milton and Shakspeare, but his warmest affection was for Cow- per, Montgomery, and Wordsworth.
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