The Letters of Horace Walpole: Fourth Earl of Orford, Band 6Clarendon Press, 1904 |
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Adieu agreeable amuse Arlington Street believe bill Boufflers brother certainly Charles Townshend Choiseul Countess of Suffolk court D'Éon daughter dear Lord dear Sir Duchess Duke of Bedford Duke of Richmond Earl of Hertford England English expect favour France French friends George Grenville George Montagu give glad gout hear heard Henry Seymour Conway hither honour hope Horace Walpole House humble servant King King's Lady Hervey Ladyship last night late laugh letter live Lord Bute Lord Granby Lord Temple Madame du Deffand Madame Geoffrin March married ministers ministry Monsieur de Guerchy morning never obliged one's Paris Parliament politics poor Pray Prince Princess printed Queen received Sandwich sent Sir Horace Mann sorry Strawberry Hill sure t'other talk tell thing thought tion to-day to-morrow told town Walpole week WILLIAM COLE wish write yesterday
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Seite 18 - Whose midnight revels by a forest side Or fountain some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course; they on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds.
Seite 197 - I saw a gigantic hand in armour. In the evening I sat down and began to write, without knowing in the least what I intended to say or relate. The work grew on my hands, and I grew fond of it. Add, that I was very glad to think of anything rather than politics. In short, I was so engrossed with my tale, which I completed in less than two months...
Seite 200 - I lay aside all thoughts of a mazy habitation : though a bower is very different from an arbour, and must have more chambers than one. In short, I both know and don't know what it should be. I am almost afraid I must go and read Spenser, and wade through his allegories and drawling stanzas to get at a picture.
Seite 211 - The Bishop* would have got off upon judgments, and bade the player remember, that all the regicides came to violent ends ; a lie, but no matter. " I would not advise your lordship," said Quin, " to make use of that inference ; for, if I am not mistaken, that was the case of the twelve apostles.
Seite 214 - Bill, which would take at least two hours, and perhaps would debate it afterwards. We concluded dinner would be called for, it not being very precedented for ladies to wait for gentlemen. No such thing. Six o'clock came;, seven o'clock came; our coaches came—well!
Seite 406 - Versailles; gives suppers twice a week; has everything new read to her; makes new songs and epigrams, ay, admirably, and remembers every one that has been made these fourscore years. She corresponds with Voltaire, dictates charming letters to him, contradicts him, is no bigot to him or anybody, and laughs both at the clergy and the philosophers.
Seite 17 - In bigness to surpass earth's giant sons, Now less than smallest dwarfs in narrow room Throng numberless...
Seite 372 - I forgot to tell you that I sometimes go to Baron d'Olbach's ; but I have left off his dinners, as there was no bearing the authors, and philosophers, and savants, of which he has a pigeon-house full. They soon turned my head with a new system of antediluvian deluges, which they have invented to prove the eternity of matter. The Baron is persuaded that Pall Mall is paved with lava or deluge stones. In short, nonsense for nonsense, I like the Jesuits better than the philosophers.
Seite 159 - Cornelis1, apprehending the future assembly at Almack's, has enlarged her vast room, and hung it with blue satin, and another with yellow satin ; but Almack's room, which is to be ninety feet long, proposes to swallow up both hers, as easily as Moses's rod gobbled down those of the magicians.
Seite 406 - ... useful friend. She did not adopt or reject the whole plan, but fully retained the purport of the maxim. In short, she is an epitome of empire, subsisting by rewards and punishments.