BY HER GREAT-GREAT-NIECE
EMILY J. CLIMENSON
AUTHORESS OF “HISTORY OF SHIPLAKE,”
“HISTORICAL GUIDE TO HENLEY-ON-THAMES,”
“PASSAGES FROM THE DIARIES OF MRS. P. LYBBE POWYS,” ETC., ETC.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
IN TWO VOLUMES—VOL. II
LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET
1906
PRINTED BY
WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED
LONDON AND BECCLES
CONTENTS TO VOL. II
| PAGE | |
| List of Illustrations | [ix] |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| Rev. William Robinson — Botham and Bishop Sherlock — Death ofDr. Chesilden — The Scott separation — South Lodge, Enfield — “Chinesepomp” — A letter to Edward Montagu — Mount Morris — ArchibaldBower — “Madonna” — Inoculation — Books to read — Historyof the Popes — G. L. Scott — The Delany lawsuit — TurkeyPye — The joyous Berenger — Death of Bishop Berkeley — Awoman in vapours — Mrs. Laurence Sterne — Lady Bute’sAssembly — A perfect woman — Pitt’s insomnia — Rent of lodgings — ThePenshurst pictures — Trinity College, Cambridge,Library — Gibside — Stonelands — “Minouets” — Beau Nash — Pittat Hayes — The new post-chaise — Bullstrode menagerie — Richardson’s Sir Charles Grandison — Lucian’s Triumph of theGout — Schoolgirls’ bills — Death of Pelham — “Tom” Lyttelton — Westappointed to Chelsea Hospital — Elizabeth Canning — Molière’sPrecieuses Ridicules — Hateley the artist — LillingstonDayrell — History of Bath — Pitt’s engagement and marriage — BishopWarburton and Bolingbroke — Pitt’s honeymoon — “Gossip”Joan — Nathaniel Hooke | [1–66] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Lord Montfort’s suicide — Mrs. Pococke — Lord Baltimore’s house — Mr.Bower’s cottage — Torriano’s marriage — Hatchlands — SheepLeas — Painshill — Reading — Sarah Scott’s daily life — Thecalm, meek Miss Pococke — The Garrett Wellesleys — Fears ofFrench invasion — Garrick at Drury Lane — Earthquake atLisbon — Death of West — Wortley Montagu’s pious pamphlet — CaptainRobert Robinson’s death — Byng — David Hume — MorrisRobinson’s marriage — The eccentric Matthew Robinson — Pittbuys Hayes house — Viscount Pitt’s birth — Lyttelton apeer — The famous bas bleu assemblies — Emin — Windsorelection riot — Stillingfleet — Culham Court — George Stevens — Battleof Hastenbeck — The Severn and Wye — Elizabeth Wilmot — Battleof Kollin — A description of Emin — “Is got purewell” — The Mordaunt Expedition — Dr. Monsey — Admiral andMrs. Boscawen — Battle of Rosbach | [67–122] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| The Delany trial — Death of Dr. Clayton — Emin applies to Pitt — Theattack on St. Malo — Death and will of John Rogers — TheGarricks — Letters to Mrs. Elizabeth Carter (passim) — Lytteltonand Monsey — The Louisburg blockade — Correspondencewith Lyttelton (passim) — Molly West’s marriage — Newcastle — DentonHall — Lumley Castle — Hampton Court, Herefordshire — Battleof Zorndorff — Emin on Frederick the Great — Theeau de luce disaster — Mrs. Garrick — Current price of food — AthenianStuart — Viper broth — “Brusher” Mills the snake-catcher — Illnessof George II. — Young Mr. Pitt — The Sessionopened — Monsey’s doggerel — Admiral Boscawen thanked byParliament — Lady Emily Butler — Helvetius’ De l’Esprit — Attemptedassassination of King of Portugal — Lyttelton’s Historyof Henry II. — Burke’s Sublime and Beautiful — Dr. Johnson — Eminoff to Armenia — Calves Pluck water — Harleyford — InveraryCastle — Alnwick — York — Glamis Castle — Scotch characteristics — Burke’sappeal for Madrid Consulship — Quebectaken — Bonus, the picture-cleaner — The Laurence Sternes | [123–177] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Correspondence with Lyttelton (passim) — Lord Bath — The LisbonEmbassy — Dialogues of the Dead — Lord Chesterfield — EarlFerrers executed — William Robinson’s marriage — TunbridgeWells — The Stanley family — Ned, the groom — Lord Bath’s character — LordMansfield — “Montagu’s main” — Sophocles — HagleyHouse rebuilt — Dr. Monsey’s ways — Allan Ramsay,portrait painter — Letter to Duchess of Portland — Macpherson’sHighland Poems — Bishop Sherlock’s letter — Dr. Young — GeorgeBowes’ funeral — Miss Bowes — Greek Plays and Shakespeare — Greentea and snuff — Death of George II. — George III.king — George II.’s will — Floods at Newark — A great lady’savarice — The King’s first speech — Attendance at Court — Afashionable dentist — A languid campaign — Bishop Sherlock’sletter to the King — Billets doux — Chesterfield’s bon mot — Animpetuous lover of fourscore — Monsey’s fresh doggerel — GeorgeColman the elder | [178–227] |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Admiral Boscawen’s illness and death — Wortley Montagu’s death — “MontaguMinerva” — Voltaire’s Tancred — Macpherson’sFingal — Lord Bath’s gift to Mrs. Carter — Dr. Young’s letters — AnotherDialogue of the Dead — An anonymous letter — theBritish Museum — A country gentlewoman — Gesner’s Mortd’Abel — Lord Bath’s character — The future queen — Mrs.Montagu’s advice to Tom Lyttelton — Monsey’s bloom-colouredcoat — Dr. Young’s Resignation — Lord Bath’s portrait — TheCoronation — Lady Pomfret — Lord Bath at Sandleford — Positionof Ministers — An act of humility — Widows’ weeds — TheBas-Bleus and shells — Laurence Sterne | [228–273] |
| APPENDICES. | |
| “Long” Sir Thomas Robinson | [275] |
| Sandleford Priory, Berks | [278] |
| Denton Hall, near Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland | [281] |
| Index | [283] |