The letters of Horace Walpole [ed. by J. Wright]. |
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... play performed at Holland - house To the same , Feb. 7. - Ball at Carlton - house . Death of Wortley Montagu . Miss Ford's letter to Lord Jersey • To the Hon . H. S. Conway , Feb. 8.-Mr. Conway's speech on the Qualification - bill To ...
... play performed at Holland - house To the same , Feb. 7. - Ball at Carlton - house . Death of Wortley Montagu . Miss Ford's letter to Lord Jersey • To the Hon . H. S. Conway , Feb. 8.-Mr. Conway's speech on the Qualification - bill To ...
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... play of " The Wishes , or Harlequin's Mouth Opened " 147 To the same , July 5 . 149 To the Earl of Strafford , July 5.- - Anecdote of Whitfield and Lady Huntingdon -- • 150 To the Hon . H. S. Conway , July 14. - Apologies for not having ...
... play of " The Wishes , or Harlequin's Mouth Opened " 147 To the same , July 5 . 149 To the Earl of Strafford , July 5.- - Anecdote of Whitfield and Lady Huntingdon -- • 150 To the Hon . H. S. Conway , July 14. - Apologies for not having ...
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... play . Singular instance of modesty To the Hon . H. S. Conway , Aug. 5. - Tomb of the Earl of Pem- broke . Wolfe's monument . Rapacity of the chapter of West- minster To George Montagu , Esq . Aug. 20. - Offer of a seat at the corona ...
... play . Singular instance of modesty To the Hon . H. S. Conway , Aug. 5. - Tomb of the Earl of Pem- broke . Wolfe's monument . Rapacity of the chapter of West- minster To George Montagu , Esq . Aug. 20. - Offer of a seat at the corona ...
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... play- things ; another cupboard , full of the finest japan , and candle- sticks and vases of rock crystal , ready to be thrown down , in every corner . But of all curiosities , are the conveniences in every bedchamber : great mahogany ...
... play- things ; another cupboard , full of the finest japan , and candle- sticks and vases of rock crystal , ready to be thrown down , in every corner . But of all curiosities , are the conveniences in every bedchamber : great mahogany ...
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... , which was hung with black , and prepared by the undertaker of his family at their expense . There was a new contrivance for sinking the stage under him , which did not play well ; and 1760 . 45 THE HON . HORACE WALPOLE .
... , which was hung with black , and prepared by the undertaker of his family at their expense . There was a new contrivance for sinking the stage under him , which did not play well ; and 1760 . 45 THE HON . HORACE WALPOLE .
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Página 427 - A certain man had two sons : and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me.
Página 311 - For those that fly may fight again, Which he can never do that's slain.
Página 361 - I remember, Sir, with a melancholy pleasure, the situation of the honourable gentleman who made the motion for the repeal ; in that crisis, when the whole trading interest of this empire, crammed into your lobbies, with a trembling and anxious expectation, waited, almost to a winter's return of light, their fate from your resolutions. When at length you had determined in their...
Página 132 - Think of me, the subject of a mob, who was scarce ever before in a mob, addressing them in the town-hall, riding at the head of two thousand people through such a town as Lynn, dining with above two hundred of them, amid bumpers, huzzas, songs, and tobacco, and finishing with country dancing at a ball and sixpenny whisk!
Página 180 - A difference of opinion with regard to measures to be taken against Spain, of the highest importance to the honour of the crown, and to the most essential national interests, and this founded on what Spain had already done, not on what that court may further intend to do, was the cause of my resigning the seals.
Página 311 - For he that fights and runs away May live to fight another day, But he that is in battle slain Will never rise to fight again.
Página 27 - How should I ? I who have always lived in the big busy world ; who lie a-bed all the morning, calling it morning as long as you please ; who sup in company ; who have played at...
Página 134 - Johnson whether he thought any man of a modern age could have written such poems? Johnson replied, 'Yes, Sir, many men, many women, and many children* Johnson, at this time, did not know that Dr.
Página 87 - By a river, which its soften'd way did take In currents through the calmer water spread Around : the wild fowl nestled in the brake And sedges, brooding in their liquid bed ; The woods sloped downwards to its brink, and stood With their green faces fix'd upon the flood.
Página 141 - Oh ! so far from it, there's Reynolds, who certainly has genius ; why, but t'other day he offered a hundred pounds for a picture, that I would not hang in my cellar ; and indeed, to say truth, I have generally found, that persons who had studied painting least were the best judges of it ; but what I particularly wished to say to you was about sir James Thornhill...