The Life Letters And Friendships of Richard Monckton Milnes First Lord Hought
The Life Letters And Friendships of Richard Monckton Milnes First Lord Hought
T Wemyss Thomas Wemyss Reid
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Grande dame to the tips of her fingers, she exercised a despotic sway over those who surrounded her. Though a very able woman, she was not attracted by mere literary fame or skill. Highly as she prized genius in itself, it was only when she encountered it in alliance with birth, political eminence, or brilliant social gifts, that she was able fully to appreciate its possessor. Her special inclina- tion was towards the diplomatic service. She delighted to see herself surrounded by men of mark in... that service, VISIT TO UNITED STATES. 297 and, as Lord Houghton in one of his letters remarks, " would like to have died in the arms of an ambassador. " As Monckton Milnes he had been a frequenter of her salon, and he continued not only to frequent it himself, but to introduce to it any men whom he believed Lady William would like to know, to the end of her days. Among those whom he thus brought into one of the most select " sets " in London society was his Liverpool friend Henry Bright. Lord Houghton to Henry Bright.
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