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Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3), Essay 7

W. R. GREG: A SKETCH.

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Characteristics 213

Born at Manchester in 1809 215

Goes to the Edinburgh University in the winter of 1826-1827 220

Sir William Hamilton 221

Mother died, 1828 224

The Apprentice House 225

De Tocqueville 229

Goes abroad 231

Genius of the Nineteenth Century 232

Starts in business on his own account at Bury, 1833 235

Marries the daughter of Dr. Henry in 1835 236

Moves to the Lakes 238

Sir George Cornewall Lewis 244

Offered a place on the Board of Customs, 1856 244

Letter to James Spedding, May 24, 1856 245

Marries again in 1874 the daughter of Mr. James Wilson 246

Death of his brother-in-law, Walter Bagehot (1877) 247

Letter to Lady Derby 247

Died November 1881 248

Enigmas of Life, 1875 252

Letter to Lord Grey, May 28, 1874 255

Conclusion 256

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