Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume I
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London
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
Horace Walpole
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CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
I. HORACE WALPOLE
INTRODUCTION.
A SELECTION
_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._
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.
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