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Letters of Horace Walpole Volume I Letters of Horace Walpole Volume I Horace Walpole The Project Gutenberg EBook of Letters of Horace Walpole, by Horace Walpole This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Letters of Horace Walpole Volume I Author: Horace Walpole Release Date: April 18, 2004 [EBook #12073] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE *** Produced by Ted Garvin, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE SELECTED AND EDITED BY CHARLES DUKE YONGE, M.A. AUTHOR OF "THE HISTORY OF FRANCE UNDER THE BOURBONS," "A LIFE OF MARIE ANTOINETTE," ETC., ETC. WITH PORTRAITS AND ILLUSTRATIONS VOLUME I London T. FISHER UNWIN PATERNOSTER SQUARE NEW YORK: G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS MDCCCXC CONTENTS. 1736-1764. 1. TO MONTAGU, _May_ 2, 1736.--Marriage of the Princess of Wales--Very lively 2. TO THE SAME, _May_ 6, 1736.--Fondness for Old Stories--Reminiscences of Eton, etc. 3. TO THE SAME, _March_ 20, 1737.--Wish to Travel--Superiority of French Manners to English in their manner to Ladies 4. TO WEST, _April_ 21, 1739.--Theatres at Paris--St. Denis--Fondness of the French for Show, and for Gambling--Singular Signs--The Army the only Profession for Men of Gentle Birth--Splendour of the Public Buildings 5. TO THE SAME, 1739.--Magnificence of Versailles--The Chartreux Relics 6. TO THE SAME, _February_ 27, 1740.--The Carnival--The Florentines Civil, Good-natured, and Fond of the English--A Curious Challenge 7. TO THE SAME, _June_ 14, 1740.--Herculaneum--Search should be made for other Submerged Cities--Quotations from Statius 8. TO CONWAY, _July_ 5, 1740.--Danger of Malaria--Roman Catholic Relics--"Admiral Hosier's Ghost"--Contest for the Popedom 9. TO THE SAME, _July_ 9, 1740 10. TO WEST, _Oct._ 2, 1740.--A Florentine Wedding--Addison's Descriptions are Borrowed from Books--A Song of Bondelmonti's, with a Latin Version by Gray, and an English One by the Writer 11. TO MANN, _Jan._ 22, 1742.--Debate on Pulteney's Motion for a Committee on Papers Relating to the War--Speeches of Pulteney, Pitt, Sir R. Walpole, Sir W. George, etc.--Smallness of the Ministerial Majority 12. TO THE SAME, _May_ 26, 1742.--Ranelagh Gardens Opened--Garrick, "A Wine-merchant turned Player"--Defeat of the Indemnity Bill 13. TO THE SAME, _Dec._ 9, 1742.--Debate on Disbanding the Hanoverian Troops--First Speech of Murray (afterwards Earl of Mansfield)--_Bon Mot_ of Lord Chesterfield 14. TO THE SAME, _Feb._ 24, 1743.--King Theodore--Handel Introduces Oratorios 15. TO THE SAME, _July_ 4, 1743.--Battle of Dettingen--Death of Lord Wilmington 16. TO THE SAME, _Sept._ 7, 1743.--French Actors at Clifden--A new Roman Catholic Miracle--Lady Mary Wortley 17. TO THE SAME, _March_ 29, 1745.--Death of his Father--Matthews and Lestock in the Mediterranean--Thomson's "Tancred and Sigismunda"--Akenside's Odes--Conundrums in Fashion 18. TO THE SAME, _May_ 11, 1745.--Battle of Fontenoy--The Ballad of the Prince of Wales 19. TO MONTAGU, _August_ 1, 1745.--M. De Grignan--Livy's Patavinity--The Marechal De Belleisle--Whiston Prophecies the Destruction of the World--The Duke of Newcastle 20. TO MANN, _Sept._ 6, 1745.--Invasion of Scotland by the Young Pretender--Forces are said to be Preparing in France to join him 21. TO THE SAME, _Sept._ 20, 1745.--This and the following Letters give a Lively Account of the Progress of the Rebellion till the Retreat from Derby, after which no particular interest attaches to it 22. TO THE SAME, _Sept._ 27, 1745.--Defeat of Cope 23. TO THE SAME, _Oct._ 21, 1745.--General Wade is Marching to Scotland--Violent Proclamation of the Pretender 24. TO THE SAME, _Nov._ 22, 1745.--Gallant Resistance of Carlisle--Mr. Pitt attacks the Ministry 25. TO THE SAME, _Dec._ 9, 1745.--The Rebel Army has Retreated from Derby--Expectation of a French Invasion 26. TO THE SAME, _April_ 25, 1746.--Battle of Culloden 27. TO THE SAME, _Aug._ 1, 1746.--Trial of the Rebel Lords Balmerino and Kilmarnock 28. TO THE SAME, _Oct._ 14, 1746.--The Battle of Rancoux 29. TO CONWAY, _Oct._ 24, 1746.--On Conway's Verses--No Scotch_man_ is capable of such Delicacy of Thought, though a Scotchwoman may be--Akenside's, Armstrong's, and Glover's Poems 30. TO THE SAME, _June_ 8, 1747.--He has bought Strawberry Hill 31. TO THE SAME, _Aug._ 29, 1748.--His Mode of Life--Planting--Prophecies of New Methods and New Discoveries in a Future Generation 32. TO MANN, _May_ 3, 1749.--Rejoicings for the Peace--Masquerade at Ranelagh--Meeting of the Prince's Party and the Jacobites--Prevalence of Drinking and Gambling--Whitefield 33. TO THE SAME, _March_ 11, 1750.--Earthquake in London--General Panic--Marriage of Casimir, King of Poland 34. TO THE SAME, _April_ 2, 1750.--General Panic--Sherlock's Pastoral Letter--Predictions of more Earthquakes--A General Flight from London--Epigrams by Chute and Walpole himself--French Translation of Milton 35. TO THE SAME, _April_ 1, 1751.--Death of Walpole's Brother, and of the Prince of Wales--Speech of the young Prince--Singular Sermon on His Death 36. TO THE SAME, _June_ 18, 1751.--Changes in the Ministry and Household--The Miss Gunnings--Extravagance in London--Lord Harcourt, Governor of the Prince of Wales 37. TO THE SAME, _June_ 12, 1753.--Description of Strawberry Hill--Bill to Prevent Clandestine Marriages 38. TO MONTAGU, _May_ 19, 1756.--No News from France but what is Smuggled--The King's Delight at the Vote for the Hanover Troops--_Bon Mot_ of Lord Denbigh 39. TO THE SAME, _Oct._ 17, 1756.--Victory of the King of Prussia at Lowositz--Singular Race--Quarrel of the Pretender with the Pope 40. TO THE SAME, _Nov._ 4, 1756.--Ministerial Negotiations--Loss of Minorca--Disaster in North America 41. TO THE EARL OF STRAFFORD, _July_ 4, 1757.--The King of Prussia's Victories--Voltaire's "Universal History" 42. TO ZOUCH, _August_ 3, 1758.--His own "Royal and Noble Authors" 43. TO THE SAME, _Oct._ 21, 1758.--His "Royal and Noble Authors"--Lord Clarendon--Sir R. Walpole and Lord Bolingbroke--The Duke of Leeds 44. TO MANN, _Oct._ 24, 1758.--Walpole's Monument to Sir Horace's Brother--Attempted Assassination of the King of Portugal--Courtesy of the Duc D'Aiguillon to his English Prisoners 45. TO ZOUCH, _Dec._ 9, 1758.--A New Edition of Lucan--Comparison of "Pharsalea"--Criticism on the Poet, with the Aeneid--Helvetius's Work, "De L'Esprit" 46. TO CONWAY, _Jan._ 19, 1759.--State of the House of Commons 47. TO DALRYMPLE, _Feb._ 25, 1759.--Robertson's "History of Scotland"--Comparison of Ramsay and Reynolds as Portrait-Painters--Sir David's "History of the Gowrie Conspiracy" 48. TO THE SAME, _July_ 11, 1759.--Writers of History: Goodall, Hume, Robertson--Queen Christina 49. TO CONWAY, _Aug._ 14, 1759.--The Battle of Minden--Lord G. Sackville 50. TO MANN, _Sept._ 13, 1759.--Admiral Boscawen's Victory--Defeat of the King of Prussia--Lord G. Sackville 51. TO MONTAGU, _Oct._ 21, 1759.--A Year of Triumphs 52. TO THE SAME, _Nov._ 8, 1759.--French Bankruptcy--French Epigram 53. TO THE SAME, _Jan._ 7, 1760.--He lives amongst Royalty--Commotions in Ireland 54. TO THE SAME, _Jan._ 14, 1760.--Severity of the Weather--Scarcity in Germany--A Party at Prince Edward's--Charles Townsend's Comments on La Fontaine 55. TO MANN, _Feb._ 28, 1760.--Capture of Carrickfergus 56. TO DALRYMPLE, _April_ 4, 1760.--The Ballad of "Hardyknute"--Mr. Home's "Siege of Aquileia"--"Tristram Shandy"--Bishop Warburton's Praise of it 57. TO THE SAME, _June_ 20, 1760.--Erse Poetry--"The Dialogues of the Dead"--"The Complete Angler" 58. TO MONTAGU, _Sept._ 1, 1760.--Visits in the Midland Counties--Whichnovre--Sheffield--The new Art of Plating--Chatsworth--Haddon Hall--Hardwicke--Apartments of Mary Queen of Scots--Newstead--Althorp 59. TO THE SAME, _April_ 16, 1761.--Gentleman's Dress--Influence of Lord Bute--Ode by Lord Middlesex--G. Selwyn's Quotation 60. TO THE SAME, _May_ 5, 1761.--Capture of Belleisle--Gray's Poems--Hogarth's Vanity 61. TO THE SAME, _May_ 22, 1761.--Intended Marriage of the King--Battles in Germany--Capture of Pondicherry--Burke 62. TO MANN, _Sept._ 10, 1761.--Arrival of the Princess of Mecklenburgh--The Royal Wedding--The Queen's Appearance and Behaviour 63. TO THE COUNTESS OF AILESBURY, _Sept._ 27, 1761.--The Coronation and subsequent Gaieties 64. TO THE SAME, _Nov._ 28, 1761.--A Court Ball--Pamphlets on Mr. Pitt--A Song by Gray 65. TO MANN, _Jan._ 29, 1762.--Death of the Czarina Elizabeth--The Cock-lane Ghost--Return to England of Lady Mary Wortley 66. TO ZOUCH, _March_ 20, 1762.--His own "Anecdotes of Painting"--His Picture of the Wedding of Henry VII.--Burnet's Comparison of Tiberius and Charles II.--Addison's "Travels" 67. TO MANN, _Aug._ 12, 1762.--Birth of the Prince of Wales--The Czarina--Voltaire's Historical Criticisms--Immense Value of the Treasures brought over in the _Hermione_ 68. TO CONWAY, _Sept._ 9, 1762.--Negotiations for Peace--Christening of the Prince of Wales 69. TO MANN, _Oct._ 3, 1762.--Treasures from the Havannah--The Royal Visit to Eton--Death of Lady Mary--Concealment of Her Works--Voltaire's "Universal History" 70.
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