The Intimate Letters of Hester Piozzi and Penelope Pennington, 1788-1821

by Hester Lynch Piozzi; Penelope Pennington

GRANDSON OF SIR JAMES FELLOWES, THE INTIMATE FRIEND

OF MRS. PIOZZI, AND HER EXECUTOR,

ASSISTED BY SUBSCRIPTIONS,

28TH APRIL, 1909.

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INDEX

• Abbot, The, [351], [355]
• Abercromby, Sir Ralph, [215], [217]
• "Abigail," [99]
• Abingdon, Mrs., [267]
• Abrahams, The, [241]
• Achilles, [104]
• Acis and Galatea, [245]
• Adams, Mrs., [268]
• Addington, Henry, [211], [266]
• Addison, Joseph, [99], [361]
• Adelphi Hotel, [190]
• "Adriana," [39]
• "Ætherial Spirit," [175], [177]
• African discoveries, [150], [176]
• Age of Reason, The, [281]
• "Agnes," [181]
• Alcinous, [330], [334]
• Alessandria, [202]
• Alexander I, Emperor, [215], [232]
• Alexander, Duke of Bavaria [5]
• Alexandria, [164], [215], [263]
• "Almeyda," [105], [134], [137]
• Alonzo and Imogene, [141]
• Alonzo the Brave, [140-1]
• "Alphonzo," [53]
• Alps, The, [147], [341]
• Amen Corner, [284]
• Amiens, Peace of, [242]
• Amorbach, [48], [171]
• Amsterdam, [81], [108], [115]
• Anacharsis the Scythian, [94]
• Anacreon, [242]
• Andalusia, [32]
• Andrews, Mr., [242]
• Andriani, Count, [72-3]
• Anecdotes of Dr. Johnson, [16]
• Angelo, [345]
• Anti-Jacobin, The, [43]
• Antonio, "Diavol," [318]
• Antwerp, [8]
• Apocalyptical Key, The, [104]
• Appeal to the Public, An, [221]
• Arabian Nights, The, [318]
• Arbuthnot, Dr. John, [77], [352]
• "Ariadne," [80], [82]
• "Arlberry, Mrs.," [137-8]
• Armstrong, John, [352]
• Arne, Mr., [239]
• Artaxerxes, [360]
• Artist's Love Story, An, [163], [273]
• Asgill, Lady, [93-4]
• — Sir Charles, [94]
• Ashe, Mr. and Mrs., [316]
• "Aspasia," [34-5]
• As You Like It, quoted, [58], [106], [313]
• Autobiography ... of Mrs. Piozzi, The, [3-4], [16], [245], [260]

• Babington's plot, [5]
• Bach-y-graig, [14], [61];
• built, [8];
• described, [199];
• restored, [198], [201]
• Baden, [268]
• Bagot, Mrs., [180], [253]
• Bagot, Lewis, Bishop of S. Asaph, [162], [164], [212], [215], [229], [242], [244]
• Bague, —, [90]
• Baillie, Joanna, [173]
• Bala, [251]
• Balhetchet, Mrs., [334] [368]
• Ballad by Mrs. Piozzi, [216-7]
• Balloons, [153-5], [246-7]
• Bangor, [324]
• — Bishop of, [344]
• Banks, Sir Joseph [197]
• Banti, —, [240], [242]
• Banwell, [171]
• Barclays, the, [14]
• Baretti, Joseph, [18], [201], [250]
• Barley Wood, [255], [258]
• Barn Elms, [13]
• Barnet, [6]
• "Barnett, Mrs.," [192]
• Barrere, —, [117]
• Barrington, Mrs., [238]
• Barruel, Abbé, [152], [154], [159]
• Barry, Major (afterwards Colonel), [22-3], [25], [27], [28], [106], [123], [127], [140], [202]
• — Ann Spranger, [220-1]
• — Spranger, [238-9]
• Barthélemy, Abbé, [94]
• Bartolozzi, Francesco, [282], [285]
• — — (jun.), [106]
• Basseville, Hugues, [77]
• Bath, [4], [12-13], [15], [19], [23], [27], [34], [41], [45], [48], [52], [75], [77-8], [85], [97], [100], [106], [135-9], [140-2], [148-9], [151], [157-8], [168], [173-5], [177], [180], [186], [188], [194-5], [204], [206-7], [209-11], [216], [221], [223-4], [226], [231], [236], [240-1], [256], [264-5], [273-4], [280-1], [290], [297], [305], [310], [322], [326-7], [336], [343], [347], [356], [360-1];
• Mrs. Piozzi at, [24], [25], [29], [52], [169], [179], [182], [184], [210], [236], [254-6], [265-6], [271-323]
• Baviad, The, [51]
• Bayes, —, [279]
• Bayley, Miss, [193]
• Bayntom, Mr., [333]
• Baynton, Lady, [279]
• Beadon, Bishop, [208]
• Beard, John, [244-5]
• "Beatrice," [234]
• Beaumaris, [134-5], [138], [324]
• Beaumont and Fletcher, [35]
• Beavor, Kitty, [110], [116]
• Bedford, John, Duke of, [102]
• Bedlam Hospital, [354]
• Beedle, —, [242]
• Belinda, [228]
• Bellamy, Mr., [166]
• "Bellamy," [137]
• Bell's Oracle, [25-6]
• "Belt of O'Bryan, The," [213]
• Belvedere, The, [64-5], [67]
• Belvedere House, Bath, [30], [47], [100], [170], [195], [223], [225], [234], [267]
• "Belvidera," [26-7]
• Bentley, Dr. Richard, [138]
• "Benvolio," [174]
• Berain, Catherine of, [6-8], [198-9]
• Bere, Rev. Thomas, [208], [221], [226]
• Beresford, Marshal, [335]
• — Rev. —, [141]
• Bergami, Bartolomeo, [336], [344], [346],
• Berkswell, Hall, [148]
• "Berlington, Mrs.," [137]
• Berri, Duc de, [310], [338], [366]
• Berruyer, General, [79]
• Berwick on Tweed, [43], [73]
• Bessborough, Earl of, [151]
• Betty, William Henry West, [321-2]
• "Beverley, Mrs.," [161]
• Bible, The, [276], [279]
• Bickerstaffe, —, [225]
• Billington, Elizabeth, [240], [242-3], [360]
• Birmingham, [321], [323], [357]
• Blagdon, [232]
• Blue-Stockings, The, [1], [19]
• Blythe, [331]
• Bodvel, [8]
• Bodylwyddan, [337]
• Bodwiggied, [48]
• Bonaparte, Napoleon, [24], [133], [139], [141], [143], [154], [161-2], [179], [189], [191], [197], [199], [207], [215], [217], [226], [232], [238], [242], [246], [248], [262-3], [265], [267-8], [316], [331]
• Bordeaux, Duc de, [366]
• Bosanquet, Mr., [260]
• Boscawen, Mrs., [372]
• Boswell, James, on Mrs. Piozzi, [2];
• their quarrel, [16]
• Botallack Mine, [364]
• Boulogne, [128], [227], [230]
• Bourdois, —, [298]
• Bowdler, Henrietta, [255]
• Bowen, Mr., [257]
• Bower Ashton, [258]
• Bradford, Mr., [245]
• — Orlando, Earl of, [203-4]
• Braham, John, [244-5]
• Brentford, [245-6], [248]
• Brest, [128], [227]
• Briareus, [109], [111]
• Bridport, Alexander, Viscount, [128], [156], [174], [176]
• Brighton (Brighthelmston), [12-13], [16], [74], [126], [142], [161], [206], [342]
• Brinbella, v. Brynbella
• Brindley, —, [225]
• Bristol, [27], [45], [47], [57], [86], [88], [103], [114], [123], [132-4], [139], [144-5], [149], [151], [155], [157], [168], [171], [180], [187], [195], [216], [236], [239], [261], [265], [310], [321], [328], [377]
• British Critic, The, quoted, [90], [96], [138], [141], [157-8], [176], [242], [249], [250], [252]
• British Synonymy, [89], [99], [100-1], [103], [108-9], [111], [194]
• Briton, The, [210]
• Brittany, [102]
• Broad Grins, [275]
• Broadheads, The, [85]
• Broadley, A. M., v, [3], [10], [20], [32], [59], [73], [75], [330]
• Broadstairs, [263]
• Brockley Combe, [283]
• "Brother Martin," [77]
• Brothers, Richard, [122], [124]
• Brown, Mrs., [117], [273], [360], [369]
• — Maria, [272-3], [277], [293], [312], [315], [360], [370], [373], [376-7]
• Bruce, Charles Edward, [238-9]
• Brunswick, Duke of, [59], [60]
• "Brutus," [71]
• Brutus Heads, [152], [155]
• Bryan, —, [124]
• Brynbella, (Brinbella), [60], [64], [76], [89], [95], [108], [113-4], [118], [121], [270-1], [322], [344], [347-8];
• occupied by the Piozzis, [129-269];
• given to Sir J. Salusbury, [271]
• Buchetti, Abbé de, [31-2], [45], [50-1], [54], [254]
• "Bull, John," [351]
• Burdett, Sir Francis, [246-7], [249], [252]
• Bürgher, August, [141]
• Burke, Edmund, [28-9], [117], [352], [372],
• Burney, Dr. Charles, [12], [14], [298], [337], [339]
• — Fanny, [2], [12], [14], [120], [163], [231], [298], v. D'Arblay, Madame
• Busybody, The, [75]
• Bute, John, Earl of, [201-2]
• Butler, Rev. Alban, [192]
• — Charles, [189], [192], [194]
• — Lady Eleanor, [151], [168], v. Llangollen, Ladies of,
• Byron, Lord, [26], [279], [281-2]
• — Admiral John, [26]
• — Mrs. (Sophia), [25-6]

• Cader Idris, [251], [253]
• Cadiz, [32], [173], [176]
• Cairo, [215]
• Calais, [80], [246]
• Callan and Booth, [318], [320]
• "Callista," [227], [243]
• Cam, Mr., [288]
• Camaret Bay, [226-7]
• Cambridge, [266]
• "Camilla," [137]
• Camilla, [138]
• Camplin, Miss, [277]
• Candia, [164]
• Canning, George, [256], [361]
• Cannons, [245]
• Canterbury Tales, The, [30], [156], [158], [175], [177], [180],
• Cape of Good Hope, The, [115]
• Capel Gwyddelwern, [122]
• Capet, Hugh, [237]
• "Carey," [181]
• Carleton House, [342]
• Carlile, Richard, [279], [281], [289]
• Carlyle, Thomas, [90]
• Carmarthen, [247]
• Carnaby Market, [125], [182]
• Carnarvon, [188]
• Caroline, Queen (of Geo. II), [346]
• — Queen (of Geo. IV.), [310], [316], [318], [321-3], [327-8], [330], [332-3], [335-6], [338-40], [344-8], [350-1],
• Carrick, Dr., [362], [374]
• Carter, Mrs., [279], [372]
• Case, Miss, [188], [223]
• Cassandra, [144]
• Castle Howard, [20]
• Castle of Montval, The, [175-6]
• Castle Rackrent, [249]
• Castlereagh, Robert, Viscount, [358]
• "Catherine," [208]
• Catherine, Empress, [136], [222]
• — Queen (of Henry V), [7], [198]
• — of Berain, v. Berain, Catherine of
• Cator, Mr., [102], [194]
• "Cecilia," [58]
• Centlivre, Mrs., [75]
• Ceylon, [115], [232], [234]
• Chandernagore, [337]
• Chandos, Duke of, [245]
• Chappelow, Mr., [50], [95], [98], [102], [132], [134], [193], [206], [236-7]
• Chapter of King Killers, The, [116-7]
• Chapter of Kings, The, [116]
• Charlemagne, Emperor, [140], [198-9]
• Charles I, King, [301]
• Charles X, King, [366]
• Charles, Archduke, [172], [177]
• Charleston, [280]
• Charlotte, Queen, [124], [144], [281], [342], [346-7]
• — of Wales, Princess, [201-2]
• Charlton, Edmund, [241]
• Chartres, Duc de, [87]
• Cheddar Cliffs, [283]
• Cheltenham, [246-7]
• Chester, [62], [68], [77], [113], [146], [251], [264]
• "Chip, Will," [80]
• Christchurch, [298]
• Church and King, Ballad, [74], [76]
• Cibber, Mrs., [221], [238-9], [337]
• Cicero, de officiis, [343]
• Cimad'oro, —, [106]
• "Clarissa," [319]
• Clarke, Miss, [88], [90]
• Claverton, [79]
• Clifton, [154], [163], [202], [297], [300], [302], [307], [311], [315-8], [324], [326-9], [334], [337], [341], [343-4], [361], [365-7], [371], v. also Hot Wells
• Clogher and Killaloe, Bishop of, [138]
• Clonmel, Lord and Lady, [135]
• Cloots, "Anacharsis," [93-4]
• Clough, Ann, [7]
• — Sir Richard, [7-8], [198-9]
• — Richard (junr.), [8]
• Cloyne, Bishop of, [58]
• Clwyd, The, [61], [64-5], [169], [199]
• Cobbett, William, [274]
• Cobham, Viscount, v. Temple, Sir Richard
• Coblentz, [59]
• Cœlebs in Search of a Wife, [77]
• Coke upon Littleton, [192]
• Coldbath Fields Prison, [246]
• Colebrook, Sir George, [256]
• Coleman, George, [275]
• Collier, Dr., [9], [372]
• Columbus, Christopher, [363]
• Combermere Abbey, [7]
• Combermere, Viscount, [7]
• — Stapleton, Viscount, [363-4]
• — Wellington, Viscount, [364]
• Comedy of Errors, quoted, [39], [362]
• Comet, the, [273-4]
• Commonplace Book (Mrs. Piozzi's), quoted v. [10], [18], [38], [39], [44], [73], [98], [105], [107], [132], [173], [271], [277], [281], [285], [323], [339], [347], [352]
• Comus, [293]
• Conant, Mr., [181]
• Congreve, William, [53]
• "Connor," [213]
• "Conrade," [234]
• "Constance," [208]
• Constantine, Prince, [221-2]
• Constantinople, [222], [255]
• Conti, Princess of, [154]
• Conway, [188]
• — William Augustus, [278], [282], [285], [288-9], [291-315], [317-23], [326], [328-9], [334], [341], [344-5], [347-8], [350], [356-7], [360-2], [364], [367], [375];
• account of, [280-1];
• as Coriolanus, [286], [289-90];
• as Iachimo, [290];
• as Pierre, [295];
• as Mark Antony, [297-8];
• as Moranges, [298];
• in S. Clara's Eve, [307];
• his love affair, [294-7], [302], [305-8];
• his parentage, [300-1]
• Conway, Lord William Seymour, [308]
• Cooper, Mr., [275]
• Coote, General, [288]
• Copenhagen, Battle of, [210], [213], [215], [227]
• "Cora," [178]
• "Coriolanus," [286], [358]
• Coriolanus, [289]
• Cork, [97]
• Cork and Orrery, Countess of, [241], [253]
• Cornwallis, Lord, [162]
• Corresponding Society, the, [92]
• Corsica, [138], [248-9]
• Corston, [47]
• Cotton, Lady, [105]
• — Lady Hester, [7-8]
• — Hester Maria, [7-8]
• — Sir Lynch Salusbury, [350], [364]
• — Sir Robert, [7]
• — Sir Robert Salusbury, [9]
• Cotton, Thomas, [348], [350]
• — Sir Willoughby, [363-4]
• Country Cousins, [354]
• Courtenay, Mrs., [315]
• — Viscount, [18]
• Covent Garden, [245]
• Covent Garden Theatre, [27], [151], [158], [239], [242], [260], [280], [289], [338]
• Coventry, [148]
• — Lady Augusta, [363]
• Cowes, [339]
• Cowley, Abraham, quoted, [282]
• Cowper, Ashley, [202], [267]
• — William, [164], [202], [266]
• Crampton, Mr., [162]
• "Crayon, Geoffrey," (Washington Irving), [351-2]
• Critical Review, The, [222], [224-5]
• Crossman, Rev. Dr., [230], [232]
• Crowmarsh, [188-9], [191]
• Croydon, v, [12]
• Crutchley, Mr., [15]
• Cumberland, Ernest, Duke of, [16], [261-2]
• — Dr. Richard, [137], [156], [158], [265], [267]
• Cymbeline, quoted, [52], [66]