Word: hostess
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...full of a number of amusing anecdotes and many extracts from his letters. One anecdote characteristic of the man is as follows: "Once he was found in the library of a Boston friend, silent and sad, in a mood not usual to him Seeking to cheer him, his hostess ventured some quiet words reminding him of the deep personal affection in which he was held the wide world over. His morning mail lay beside him. She pointed to the pile of grateful and adoring letters. 'Ahyes,' he said, 'but they say Tennyson has written a perfect poem." Millet's early...