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Queen. Literary Tasks.-Rumor of his Marriage. — House in Victoria-square. — His
Niece. Petrarch. Starts for the Brunnens of Nassau. Hallam.-German Children.
-Return to England. - The Pilgrim of Glencoe.- New Edition of his Works. Retires to
Boulogne. His Last Year. The Closing Scene. His Funeral. - Westminster Abbey.
-Horace Smith's Poem, "Campbell's Funeral,"

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Campbell's Person and Countenance. - Mr. Carruthers' Description of the Poet in his
Study. Leigh Hunt's. Compared with Gray. Life and Habits at Sydenham. — Mrs.
Campbell. The Poet's Carelessness about Papers. - Mr. Canning's Contributions to the
New Monthly.- Anecdote. -Carelessness in Money Matters.- Fondness for Money in
his Decline, arising from his Interest in Private and Public Charities. -Manner in
Conversation. - Anecdotes. - Absence of Mind. His Political Views.Visits at Mur-
ray's. Aversion to Controversy. Difference with Moore on the Publication of Byron's
Life. Discussion on the Merits of Pope. - His Organization and Character. - Habits of
Study. -His Memory. Favorite Literary Pursuits. Composition of his Poems. —
Recollections by Osgood, the Artist. His Works. — Conclusion,

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LIFE OF CAMPBELL.

CHAPTER I.

THOMAS CAMPBELL was born on the 27th of July, 1777, in a house in the High-street, in Glasgow, at that time, and for fourteen years afterwards, occupied by his father, but since pulled down to make way for modern improvements. His family was of a numerous and respectable connection, and the particular branch from which he was descended had been long settled in that part of the Argyle frontier which lies between Lochawe and Lochfyne. They were known as the Campbells of Kirnan, from the name of the estate which was occupied by the poet's grandfather, the last of his race who resided there. He died leaving three sons, and Kirnan passed into the hands of Robert, the eldest, who was fond of display, and lavish in his hospitality, and was compelled to part with the ancestral acres to a neighboring proprietor, the son of Mrs. Campbell by a former marriage. Robert afterwards settled in London; distinguished himself as a political writer in defence of the Walpole administration, and died soon after its close. Archibald, the next brother, became a Presbyterian minister, and in that capacity went out to Jamaica, but subsequently removed to the Province of Virginia, where he resided till his death at an advanced age. His family there maintained a highly respectable character, and one of his sons was District Attorney during the administration of Washington. To his landed property in Virginia he gave the name of Kirnan, and his grandson

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