“From Hallam I heard just now: he complains rather of the heat, and says Alfred is delighted with his journey, though regretting the impermanence of his impressions in the hurry of travel.”

Recording Alfred’s frustration at how quickly travel impressions could fade · Letter to John Frere, 27 July 1830

• Memory
• Time

“I hope however it has done a brace of amiable and remarkable people some genuine good, whirligig as it is—this time at least.”

Greeting a marriage with affection while retaining his amused view of life’s instability · Letter on Alfred Tennyson’s marriage, 1850

• Joy
• Love
• Time

“Oh what a queer world it is!”

A compact expression of amused wonder at the turns of life · Letter on Alfred Tennyson’s marriage, 1850

• Joy
• Time