Leigh Hunt

CCC was an important early friend of John Keats . He also formed friendships with Leigh Hunt , Douglas Jerrold , Charles and Mary Lamb , and Charles Dickens . Most of these friendships were...

MCC 's parents frequently entertained eminent literary figures in a drawing-room where the paintings were all executed by distinguished friends. At an early age she became acquainted with Charles and Mary Lamb , Leigh Hunt

In addition to meeting Dickens as a result of her theatrical activities, MCC and her husband met William Hazlitt through a shared duty of theatre reviewing, and she became friends with Mary Howitt , and...

At the request of James T. Fields she wrote a piece for the Atlantic Monthly in 1866 about a curious house that she saw while house-hunting in Genoa: to her regret the magazine...

The Monthly Chronicle published Leigh Hunt 's poem—inspired by a kiss from JWC —Rondeau or Jenny Kissed Me.

Despite her ill health, the couple entertained regularly. Their guests included John Stuart Mill , Henry Taylor , and Leigh Hunt . JWC became especially fond of Hunt and Mill. While in London she...

Mary Somerville and her family and Leigh Hunt and his were neighbours of the Carlyles in Chelsea.

While in London, TC socialized with John Stuart Mill , Mary and Charles Lamb , Henry Taylor , Sarah Austin and Leigh Hunt .