(1202) This was a mistake; it was not Lord Ogilvie, but Lord Cromarty.
(1203) It was taken by the French.-D.
(1204) The seat of the Duke of Bedford.
(1205) The Hon. Richard Arundel, youngest son of John, second Lord Arundel of Trerice. He had been master of the mint under Sir Robert Walpole's administration.-D.
(1206) William Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon, afterwards second Earl of Besborough.-D.
479 Letter 202 To George Montagu, Esq. Arlington Street, May 22, 1746.
Dear George, After all your goodness to me, don't be angry that I am glad I am got into brave old London again: though my cats don't purr like Goldwin, yet one of them has as good a heart as old Reynolds, and the tranquillity of my own closet makes me some amends for the loss of the library and toute la belle compagnie celestine. I don't know whether that expression will do for the azure ceilings; but I found it at my fingers' ends, and so it slipped through my pen. We called at Langley,(1207) but did not like it, nor the Grecian temple at all; it is by no means gracious.
I forgot to take your orders about your poultry; the partlets have not laid since I went, for little chanticleer
Is true to love, and all for recreation,
And does not mind the work of propagation.
But I trust you will come Yourself in a few days, and then you may settle their route.