Burdett, Sir Francis, 75 Byron, Lady, 126, 127 Byron, Lord, 30, 93, 95-100, 105, 109, 110, 126, 127, 139, 145, 147-9, 151, 153-169, 171, 179- 182, 184
Byron (Lord), and some of his Contemporaries," 180, 186, 220
Callcott, Doctor, 40
'Captain Sword and Captain Pen," 200-202 "Cardinomia," 226
Carlyle, Thomas, 199, 220, 230, 231
Carlyle, Mrs. Thomas, 230, 231 Catholic Emancipation, 72 "Cenci, The," dedication to Leigh Hunt, 135, 136 "Cenci, The," 138
Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, 198
Chambers, Robert, 198 Chandos, Duke of, 16, 17 Chat of the Week, 188 "Chaucer Modernized," 209 Cheltnam, Mrs., 229 Cherry, playwright, 62, 81
Hunt, J., of Philadelphia, 49 Hunt, John, 20, 21, 27, 61, 63, 69, 86, 89-91, 115, 145, 167, 175, 176
Hunt, John, jun., 95
Hunt, Leigh, ancestry, 11, 12; grandfathers and grandmothers, 12; mother, 12, 13, 15, 19-27; father, 12-19, 25-7, 44, 45, 49; birth of, 17; his godfather, 17, 47; childhood, 17-26; love of music, 21, 22; goes to Christ Hospital, 27; refuses to fag, 29; school friendships, 30; learns Italian, 31; first verses, 36; falls in love, 38; religious opinions, 41; leaves school, 42, "Juvenilia," 45, &c.; visits Oxford, 50; love of art, 50; early love verses, 52; court- ship, 52, &c.; clerk to brother Stephen, 53; appointment in War Office, 53; visits Oxford and Cambridge, 54; writes dramas, 58; studies after leav- ing school, 59, &c. ; first prose articles, 61; writes theatricals for the News, 61; publishes "Critical Essays," &c., 64; volunteer, 67; leaves War Office, 75, 76; asked to write for the Quarterly, 76; marriage, 76 ; visits Cambridge, 78; leaves Beckenham for Hampstead, 78; first letter from Shelley, 78; first meeting with Shelley, 79; starts Reflector, 80; "Feast of the Poets" and "A Day by the Fireside," 81-4; fined and imprisoned in Horsemonger Lane Gaol, 86; visit to Taun- ton, 90; corresponds with
Brougham, 90; in prison, 92, &c.; daughter Mary born in prison, 94; effects of imprison- ment, 102; refuses subscription, 102; changes of residence, 117; personal appearance, 118; per- sonal charm, 119, &c.; his conversation, 122; Hazlitt's description of, 123; described by Haydon, 124; description by Lamb, 124; acquaintance with Byron, 126, 127; with Keats, 127, 133; with Shelley, 133, 136; letter to Severn about Keats, 132, 133; pecuniary relations with Shelley, 136; correspondence with Shelley (1818-1821), 137-41; portrait by Wildman, 137; starts the Indicator, 140; his style, 143; health breaks down, 144; sails for Italy, 145, 146; arrives in Italy, 148; his reception by Byron, 148, &c.; with Shelley at Pisa, 149, 150; description of Shelley's cremation, 151-53; with Byron at Pisa, 153-60 ; Hunt and Byron at Genoa, 161, &c.; works on the Liberal, 162, &c; correspondence with Eliza- beth Kent, 165; goes to Genoa, 166; Liberal given up, 167; goes to Florence, 167; moves to Maiano, 168; writes "Chris- tianism," 169; "Wishing Caps," 169; homesick, 169; correspondence with Elizabeth Kent, Mrs. Shelley, and Mrs. Novello, 171-4; "Ultra-crepi- darius," &c., 175, 176; returns to England, 176; changes of residence, 187; at Highgate,
187; at Epsom, 188; writes "Sir Ralph Esher," 188; starts Companion, Chat of the Week, and Tatler, 188; health breaks down, 189; "Christianism printed, 191; poems pub- lished by subscription, 191; grant of £200 from Royal Bounty, 192; at Chelsea, 192; embarrassments, 192; starts Leigh Hunt's London Journal, 193; Professor Wilson retracts in Blackwood, 196; article in Westminster Review, 204; "The Legend of Florence produced, 204; patronised by the Queen, 205; at Kensington, 208; edits Wycherley, &c." and 'Sheridan," 209; pub- lishes "Seer" and writes for the Edinburgh Review, 209, &c.; grants from the Royal Bounty, 212; annuity from the Shelley family, 213; dedicates the 'Palfrey" to the Queen, 213; "Poems" published in England and America (1844), 213; "Imagination and Fancy" published, 213; Wit and Humour' published, 215; "Men, Women, and Books" published, 217; pension of £200 a year, 219; performance of "" Every Man in His Humour" for Hunt's benefit by Dickens, &c., 219; "The Town" published, 219; Leigh Hunt's Journal started, 221; removes to Phillimore Terrace, 221; death of Vincent Hunt, 221, &c.; at Hammersmith, 223; caricatured by Dickens as
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